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 VILLE / ET CITADELLE / DE LILLE
1708 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; gilt edges | Scale: 1:9,000 approx. | RCIN 726007
This plan is closely similar in detail to the printed map of the siege of Lille, surveyed by Brüchman and published by Fricx in 1709: see RCIN 726006.
This map 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, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, a key A-I, K-S to the named gates of Lille, sluice, dikes, redoubt and the different attacks or parallels.]Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard; some foxing.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg lily in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 120
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; remains of guard; some foxing
Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle [sic] de 400 Toises [87 mm =].
43.9 x 55.4 cm (image and neatline)
52.8 x 73.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN DE LA VILLE / ET CITADELLE / DE LILLE. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, a key A-I, K-S to the named gates of Lille, sluice, dikes, redoubt and the different attacks or parallels.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Lille 13 Aug.t - 22 Oct.r 1708.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 92. (Verso) [top right, red pencil:] 1708; [top right, ink:] 92; [bottom right of centre, red pencil:] 5/18; [bottom right of centre, black pencil:] VI/18-a.
George III catalogue entry:
Lille Plan dessiné de la Ville et Citadelle de Lille avec les Attaques de 1708.
Subject(s)
Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°37'58"N 03°03'30"E)
