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 Roermond, 1702 (Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands) 51°11'39"N 05°59'15"E
1702 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:12,000 approx. | RCIN 725013
This plan has been removed from a volume, made about 1719 or later, of manuscript maps and plans of sieges. Other maps, perhaps in a different hand but, apparently from the same volume, are scattered throughout the collection: RCINs [724061], [724090], 725007, 725009, 725011, 725021, 725023, 725027, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the attacks and breaches made by the British, Dutch and Prussian troops, and a battery.]Condition: no fold lines; induced discolouration; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: remains of guard.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-EnglandArmy-PrussiaArmy-DutchWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below
Mark, stamped: 65
Condition: no fold lines; induced discolouration; gilt edges top, right and bottom. Verso: remains of guard
Scale: 1:12,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2000 pas [138 mm =].
45.9 x 32.7 cm (image and neatline)
52.7 x 36.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de La Ville / de / ROUERMUNDE / les Attaques Allies / L’an: 1702. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the attacks and breaches made by the British, Dutch and Prussian troops, and a battery.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Ruremonde taken 7 Oct.r 1702.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 60; [top right, black pencil, erased:] 7 [Oct.r]. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 4/7; [top left, black pencil, erased:] Ruremonde.
George III catalogue entry:
Ruremonde Plan dessiné de la Ville de Ruremonde prise par les Alliés le 7 d'Octobre 1702.
Subject(s)
Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands (51°11'39"N 05°59'15"E)
