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War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)

Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army

? PIERRE DU MORTOUS (ACTIVE 1750S)

Map of the siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747 (Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E

c.1759

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:11,500 approx. | RCIN 729001.w

A map of the siege of Bergen op Zoom, 14 July-16 September 1747, showing in yellow the French approach works. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north-west to top (compass direction is indicated by the right arm of the soldier, who appears to be taking advantage of a maiden, in the title cartouche).

Insets: [top left, the attack on the Pucelle and Coehorn bastions.] Scale: 1:2,850 approx. Scale bar: 50 Toises [35 mm =]. [Bottom left, the attack on Fort Rowerf.] Scale: 1:22,950 approx. Scale bar: [17 mm =] 200 T[oises]; [right, a smaller-scale map of the environs of Bergen op Zoom.] Scale: 1:70,900 approx. Scale bar: 2000 Toises [55 mm =].

From: l'Histoire des Conquêtes de LOUIS XV. by Pierre Du Mortous: Paris, de Lormel, 1759. This plate is one of 24 siege plans, stitched together with the general index map (RCIN 729001.a) at the beginning.

Condition: flat, no fold lines.

  • Pierre du Mortous (active 1750s) (author)

    Weis (active 1759) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Weis Arg. sc.

    ? P de Lormel (active 1759-93) (publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France

  • Watermark: The sun's face with ten rays

    Condition: flat, no fold lines

  • Scale: 1:11,500 approx. Scale bar: 200 Toises [34 mm =].

    21.7 x 30.2 cm (image)

    22.5 x 31.2 cm (platemark)

    21.2 x 30.2 cm (neatline)

    24.5 x 39.8 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN DES / ATTAQUES / DE BERG-OP-ZOOM / EN 1747. [bottom right, in a cartouche depicting the breached walls of Bergen op Zoom, with two figures, a soldier assaulting a maiden in an allegorical representation of the attack on the town]

    Printed title:

    Pl.22. [top right, above edge of border]

    Insets:

    [top left, the attack on the Pucelle and Coehorn bastions.] Scale: 1:2,850 approx. Scale bar: 50 Toises [35 mm =]. [Bottom left, the attack on Fort Rowerf.] Scale: 1:22,950 approx. Scale bar: [17 mm =] 200 T[oises]; [right, a smaller-scale map of the environs of Bergen op Zoom.] Scale: 1:70,900 approx. Scale bar: 2000 Toises [55 mm =].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Netherlands Theatre de la derniere Guerre de Flandres, contenant une Carte generale et 24 Plans des Villes assiegées pendant les années 1744, 5, 6, 7 et 8. oblong 4.to

  • Subject(s)

    Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E)

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