War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Plan of the siege of Kaiserswerth, 1702 (Kaiserswerth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°18'05"N 06°44'10"E
1702 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:4,000 approx. | RCIN 725009
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, 725011, 725013, 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 panels, a key, A-I, K-N to the redoubts and Dutch attacks.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard on verso; gilt edges.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-PrussiaArmy-DutchArmy-FranceWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 63
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard on verso; gilt edges
Scale: 1:4,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 600 Pas [128 mm =].
43.3 x 64.3 cm (image and neatline)
52.8 x 73.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panels, a key, A-I, K-N to the redoubts and Dutch attacks.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Keyserswert taken by the Dutch 15 June 1702.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 99. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 15 June; [top right, ink:] 99; [top right, red pencil:] 1702; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 4/13; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] V/8; [bottom right, right of centre, black pencil, erased: the old heading?].
George III catalogue entry:
Keyserswert Plan dessiné du Siege de Keyserswert pris par les Hollandois le 15 Juin 1702.
Subject(s)
Kaiserswerth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°18'05"N 06°44'10"E)
