War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Map of the Battle of Toulon, 1707 (Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France) 43°07'00"N 05°56'00"E
1707 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: not to scale | RCIN 725099
Insets: [top left:] PLAN DE LA VILLE DE TOULON // PLATTE GRONDT VAN DE STAD TOULON. Size: 17.5 x 17.1 cm (image). [below town plan of Toulon:] PAYS OU ENVIRONS DE TOULON // HET LANDT VAN TOULON. Size: 12.1 x 17.1 cm (image).
Additional text: [bottom left, below second inset, a key to the main map in French and Dutch, A-F; in French only, 1-8:] EXPLICATION.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow, remains and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Captain Brandaris (active 1707) (draughtsman) [bottom left, outside border:] Getekent door Capit: Brandaris
Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] à Amsteldam chez Nicolas Visscher avec Privilege.
Subject(s)
Navy-DutchNavy-EnglandArmy-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Army-FranceWatermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow, remains and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not to scale
44.8 x 54.7 cm (neatline)
48.0 x 55.3 cm (image)
48.3 x 56.6 cm (platemark)
50.6 x 61.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
LA VILLE ET HAVRE DE TOULON AVEC SES FORTS. // DE STADT TOULON, MET ZYN WAATER KASTELEN, ZEEHAVEN, EN GEBERGTENS. [in French and Dutch; across top of map]
Insets:
[top left:] PLAN DE LA VILLE DE TOULON // PLATTE GRONDT VAN DE STAD TOULON. Size: 17.5 x 17.1 cm (image). [below town plan of Toulon:] PAYS OU ENVIRONS DE TOULON // HET LANDT VAN TOULON. Size: 12.1 x 17.1 cm (image).
Additional text:[bottom left, below second inset, a key to the main map in French and Dutch, A-F; in French only, 1-8:] EXPLICATION.
Annotations:
George III heading: Toulon August 1707.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: 13 [and, crossed out in black pencil:] 125; [bottom left, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] Toulon 1707; [top, right of centre, black pencil:] 9.; [top right, black pencil crossed out in black pencil:] 10; [bottom right, black pencil, partly erased:] Toulon August 1707 [and:] 3.
George III catalogue entry:
Toulon Plan de la Ville et Havre de Toulon avec le Siege au mois d'Aout 1707: par le Capitaine Brandaris, chez Visscher.
Subject(s)
Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (43°07'00"N 05°56'00"E)