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 Douai, 1710 (Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°22'00"N 03°04'00"E
published 1710Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:134,100 approx. | RCIN 726044
The map extends from Lens (50°25'58"N 02°49'40"E) in the north-west to Orchy (Orchies 50°28'00"N 03°14'00"E) in the north-west, and from Monchy le Preux (50°16'13"N 02°53'35"E) in the south-west to Féchin (50°15'59"N 03°12'36"E) in the south-east and shows the great extent of the flooded valley of the River Scarpe.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-H, to the positions of the different camps of the Allied and French armies and the attacks, etc:] Renvoy.
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: top left, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Eugène Henri Fricx (January 1644-18 December 1730) (publisher) [bottom right, in title cartouche:] A Bruxelles chez Eugene Henry Fricx / ruë de la Madelene Avec Privilege du Roy / 1710.
Jacques Harrewyn (1660-1727) (engraver) [bottom right, inside neatline:] Harrewyn scul
Watermark: None visible
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: top left, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:134,100 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une heure de Chemin [36 mm = ].
24.6 x 36.7 cm (neatline)
25.0 x 37.0 cm (image)
25.5 x 37.6 cm (platemark)
30.4 x 34.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Carte / Tres particuliere des Envi = rons de Douay où L'on voit / les Lignes de Circonvalation, / Comme aussy l'Innondation / faite par la Scarpe; Et les / Retrenchements de l'Armée / des Alliés d'ans la plaine / de Lens le 30. Avril 1710. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-H, to the positions of the different camps of the Allied and French armies and the attacks, etc:] Renvoy.
Annotations:
George III heading: Douay 23 April - 25 June 1710.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 83; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] Retrenchement apres de Douay le 30 Avril 1710. [centre, red pencil:] 83.
George III catalogue entry:
Douay Carte particuliere des Environs de Douay où l'on voit les Lignes de Circonvalation comme aussi l'Inondation faite par la Scarpe et les Retranchements de l'Armée des Alliés dans la Plaine de Lens, le 30 Avril 1710: chez Friex, 1710.
Subject(s)
Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°22'00"N 03°04'00"E)
