War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Siege of Lille, 1708
Plan De La Cittadelle de LILLE
1708 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; gilt edges top, right and bottom | Scale: 1:4,500 approx. | RCIN 726014
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, 725013, 725021, 725023, 725027, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Additional text: [top left, following on from title, in title panel:] La Quelle Après Que La Ville, fut prise Le 22 octobre on a aussi / commencé d’attaquer sous Le Commandement de S.A. Le prince Eugene / de Savoye des le 29 et ainsi Continue Comme il se voit par le renvoys iusques / au 8 December 1708. Lorsque l’Ennemi battit La chamade a 8 Heures / du matin et en sortit trois jours apres. [Top left, below title, a key to the plan, A-I, K-O.]Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard along right edge.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a ‘4’ above the letters WR
Mark, stamped: 122
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard along right edge
Scale: 1:4,500 approx. Scale bar: Maastab von 200 Toises [87 mm =].
35.2 x 33.4 cm (neatline)
49.8 x 33.4 cm (image)
52.9 x 36.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan De La Cittadelle de LILLE. [in rectangular panel across top of map]
Additional text:
[top left, following on from title, in title panel:] La Quelle Après Que La Ville, fut prise Le 22 octobre on a aussi / commencé d’attaquer sous Le Commandement de S.A. Le prince Eugene / de Savoye des le 29 et ainsi Continue Comme il se voit par le renvoys iusques / au 8 December 1708. Lorsque l’Ennemi battit La chamade a 8 Heures / du matin et en sortit trois jours apres. [Top left, below title, a key to the plan, A-I, K-O.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Citadel of Lille 29 Oct.r - 8 Dec.r 1708.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 93; [bottom left, black pencil, erased and partly legible:] VI/[?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Lille Plan dessiné de la Citadelle de Lille attaquée le 29 Oct.re et prise le 8 Dec.re 1708.
Subject(s)
Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°37'58"N 03°03'30"E)
