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 siege of Barcelona, 1706 (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) 41°23'19"N 02°09'32"W
1706 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured; a small paper flap is attached to the map to show different battery positions near the castle (letter M) | Scale: 1:9,000 approx. | RCIN 725059
The ‘Mont Iuy’ referred to in the title is Montjuïc (41°21'48"N 02°09'56"E).
Additional text: [top left, in title cartouche, two paragraphs follow on from title:] depuis le commencement d’Avril jusqu' / au douxieme de May qu'ils ont leve / le siege a minuit, ayant fait sauter / une partie de Mont Iuy et abandonné / presque toutes leurs Canons, ammu = / nitions et provisions ... 1706. [top right, in cartouche, a key, A-I, L-T, X-Z to the town, batteries, etc:] EXPLICATION.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard [made from an offcut of a map?]; some offsetting.
Pieter van Call (active 1706-15) (engraver) [top right, bottom of key:] P V Cal Fecit
Alexander Forbes (active 1706) (cartographer) [bottom right:] Alex.r Forbes.
Anna Beek (1657-1717) (publisher) [top left, bottom of cartouche:] a la Haye chez Anna Beek / avec Privilegie.
Subject(s)
Army-EnglandNavy-EnglandWatermark: none
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard [made from an offcut of a map?]; some offsetting
Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle [sic] de 1000 pas Geometriques [164 mm =].
43.4 x 57.5 cm (neatline)
44.1 x 58.3 cm (image)
45.2 x 59.6 cm (platemark)
48.6 x 61.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan de la Ville de / BARCELONE / et Chateau de / MONT IUY / avec les approches de l’Armee / de France sous les ordres de / Monsieur le Mareschall / Comte de Tessë. [top left, in cartouche representing draped fringed material embellished by the artefacts of war, cannons, standards, drums, etc. ]
Additional text:
[top left, in title cartouche, two paragraphs follow on from title:] depuis le commencement d’Avril jusqu' / au douxieme de May qu'ils ont leve / le siege a minuit, ayant fait sauter / une partie de Mont Iuy et abandonné / presque toutes leurs Canons, ammu = / nitions et provisions ... 1706. [top right, in cartouche, a key, A-I, L-T, X-Z to the town, batteries, etc:] EXPLICATION.
Annotations:
George III heading: Barcelona 5 April - 12 May 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, ink:] F. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil crossed out in black pencil:] 133; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 21; [top right, ink, crossed out in ink:] 16.; [top right, black pencil:] 1706; [right centre, red pencil:] 17; [bottom right, black pencil, erased and partly legible:] Barcelona April 1706; [bottom right, black pencil:] 8; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] Barcelona.
George III catalogue entry:
Barcelona Plan de la Ville de Barcelone et Chateau de Mont Juy, avec les approches de l'Armée de France sous le Marechal de Tessé depuis le 3 d'Avril jusqu'au 12 de May 1706, quand le Siege fut levé: par Alex. Forbes, chez A. Beek.
Subject(s)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (41°23'19"N 02°09'32"W)
