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Landau, 1704

PLAN des AⱵPROCHES / et / de la Ville de / LANDAU / Pris par l’Armee Impe= / riale le 26. Novēbre 1704 1704 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on two pieces of coarse linen, stitched together | Scale: scale bar [unfinished; no statement or values given.] | RCIN 725042

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A plan of the fortifications of Landau showing the siegeworks and breaches made by the Allied army, commanded by Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), between 9 September and 26 November 1704, when the French garrisons, commanded by Lieutenant-General Yrieix Masgonthier de Laubanie (1641-1706) surrendered. War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Oriented with north-west to top.

  • Anonymous (cartographer)

  • Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily; countermark: IV

    Mark, stamped: 82

    Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard, now covered by linen backing; induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

  • Scale: scale bar [unfinished; no statement or values given.]

    45.1 x 58.4 cm (image and sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    PLAN des AⱵPROCHES / et / de la Ville de / LANDAU / Pris par l’Armee Impe= / riale le 26. Novēbre 1704. [bottom right]

    Additional text:

    [bottom left: a key, A-I, L-N, to the crown work of the citadel, the redoubt and small forts covering the sluices, the trenches, a French redoubt, and Imperial redoubt, a Prussian battery, breach batteries, the contrescarp taken on 30 October.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading [on white paper strip pasted to verso:] Landau invested by the Allies 12 Sept.r and taken 26 Nov.r 1704.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] Landau Sept. 1741 [and, black pencil:] 17; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 17; [right centre, red pencil:] 17; [top, left of centre, black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 56 [and:] 14.; [top right, ink, indistinct: 3].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Landau Plan dessiné des Approches et de la Ville de Landau prise par l'Armée Imperiale le 26 Nov.re 1704.

  • From the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)

     

  • Subject(s)

    Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°11'54"N 08°07'00"E)