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Français : PLAN des ATTAQUES D'OSTENDE en 1745.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Jean-Geoffrey Striedbeck (1707-72) (engraver), Pierre du Mortous (active 1750s) (author), ? P de Lormel (active 1759-93) (publisher)
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Français : PLAN des ATTAQUES D'OSTENDE en 1745.
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English: A map of the siege of Ostend in 1745, showing in yellow the French approach works during the siege. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north-north-west to top (compass direction is indicated by the dog on the figurehead of the ship the title cartouche).

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.

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
Depicted place Ostend, Flanders, Belgium (51°13'24"N 02°54'42"E)
Date circa 1759
date QS:P571,+1759-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium etching and engraving
Dimensions Scale: 1:8,850 approx. Scale bar: [22 mm =] 100 Toises.; 20.7 x 29.7 cm (neatline); 21.8 x 30.2 cm (image); 22.2 x 31.0 cm (platemark); 24.5 x 39.9 cm (sheet)
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
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RCIN 729001.i
Source/Photographer https://militarymaps.rct.uk/war-of-the-austrian-succession-1740-8/siege-of-ostend-1745-plan-des-attaques
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