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 Tournai, 1709
A. PLAN. OF. THE. TOWN AND. CITADELLE. OF. TOURNAY
1709 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:9,500 approx. | RCIN 726023
The attacks were led by Carl Philipp, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum (1650-1719), supreme commander of the Prussian troops, Lieutenant-General François Nicolaas, Baron von Fagel (1645-1718), and Johann Matthias von der Schulenberg (1661-1747).
This map is unfinished and lacks any names or other writing apart from the title. It shows the town and citadel, and the three attacks. The coverage does not include the lines of circumvallation.
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt along fold on recto and verso. Verso: induced discolouration; brown marks and ink stains; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IHS [with a cross above the H] IVILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 127
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt along fold on recto and verso. Verso: induced discolouration; brown marks and ink stains; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:9,500 approx. Scale bar: unfinished, no information.
39.5 x 51.5 cm (image and neatline)
48.2 x 68.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A. PLAN. OF. THE. TOWN AND. CITADELLE. OF. TOURNAY: [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Tournay 1709.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top centre, black pencil, a succession of three annotations, one above the other, all crossed out in black pencil:] N 4, Lr B, A 110; [top right, black pencil, partly erased:] 75; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 63; [right centre, red pencil:] 63
George III catalogue entry:
Tournay A drawn Plan of the Town and Citadel of Tournay with the Attacks of 1709.
Subject(s)
Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°36'25"N 03°23'21"E)
