War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
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Battle of Oudenaarde, 1708
Plan de la Victorieuse Bataille donnée pres d’Oudenarde entre L’Armée des Hauts / Alliez, et L’Armée du Roy de France, Le 11.e Juillet 1708. // Plan van de Victorieuse Battaillie, voor gevallen by Oudenaarde. tusschen...
1720 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:51,700 approx. | RCIN 726004
This map was originally published sometime between 1708 and 1720 by Elizabeth Verseyl, the widow of Nicolaas Visscher II. It was reissued by Schenk sometime in or after 1720, when he acquired some of Visscher's old copperplates.
Additional text: [bottom right, in French and Dutch, in two rectangular panels, a list of the numbers of officers, by rank, taken prisoner:] Liste des Prisonniers pris à la Bataille / pres d’OUDENARDE. // Lyst van de gevangene in de Battaillie / by OUDENAARDE, gekreegen.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: some surface dirt along top right edge; water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL III / 47.
Peter Schenk, the younger (1693-1775) (publisher) [bottom, right of centre, below first publisher:] Nunc apud Pet: Schenk Iunior.
Nicolas Visscher (1618-1709) (publisher) [bottom, right of centre, below scale bar:] by Nicolaas Visser met Privilege.
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line. Verso: some surface dirt along top right edge; water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL III / 47
Scale: 1:51,700 approx. Scale bar: Scale van 2 Minuten, of een halve Duytse Myl [74 mm = ].
45.2 x 56.4 cm (neatline)
49.4 x 58.1 cm (image)
50.0 x 59.4 cm (platemark)
54.0 x 61.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan de la Victorieuse Bataille donnée pres d’Oudenarde entre L’Armée des Hauts / Alliez, et L’Armée du Roy de France, Le 11.e Juillet 1708. // Plan van de Victorieuse Battaillie, voor gevallen by Oudenaarde. tusschen het / Leger der hoogen Geallieerden, en het Leger van de Konink van Vranckryk, den 11. July 1708. [in French and Dutch; in two rectangular panels at top of map]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in French and Dutch, in two rectangular panels, a list of the numbers of officers, by rank, taken prisoner:] Liste des Prisonniers pris à la Bataille / pres d’OUDENARDE. // Lyst van de gevangene in de Battaillie / by OUDENAARDE, gekreegen.
Annotations:
George heading: Battle of Oudenarde 11 July 1708.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, trimmed:] 6; [bottom centre, black pencil, obscured by white paper repair:] 4[7]; [right centre, red pencil:] 47.
George III catalogue entry:
Oudenarde Plan de la Bataille donnée pres d'Oudenarde entre l'Armée des Hauts Alliés et l'Armée du Roy de France, le 11 Juillet 1708: chez Visscher et Schenk.
Subject(s)
Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E)
