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English: Siege of Landrecies
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English: Siege of Landrecies |
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A plan of the city of Landrecies, besieged by the Archduke Leopold, with the Bois de Mourinal in the upper right, men under a tree in the foreground, with carts and guns, the various regiments and forces under several commanders drawn up around the city, including the French army approaching to attack the Archduke and his forces in the left foreground; state with corrections to the text, 'Landrechis' changed to 'Landrechies'. 1648 Etching on four plates on four conjoined sheets of paper |
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| Date | 1648 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | etching print on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 68.1 cm (26.8 in); width: 80.3 cm (31.6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Inscriptions | Lettered above the view with a dedication to Archduke Leopold, who succesfully laid seige to the town for the king of France "A Son Altez Serenissime, Monseigneur Sy Promethée deroba le feu és roues du Chariot du Soleil ... Theodore de Crepu et Iacques van Werden, Ingeniaires de sa Mties. du Camp devant Landrecies, le 18. de Iullet, 1647."; the plan lettered with a key giving the lay-out of the seige; a banner to left, with the explanation to the key and 'Plan de la Ville de Landrechies en Henau, assiegée par les Armes de sa Mas. Catholique le 1e. de Iuin, et rendue le 18. de Iullet 1647, sous la Conduite de Son Alteze le Serenissime Archiduc Leopolde / Bruxellae, Excudit Ioannes Mommartius, Ord. Barbantiae Chalcographus.'; lettered with a scale in lower right corner and in the lower centre 'Wenceslaus Hollar Nob. Bohem. fecit aquaforti Antwerpiae, Ao 1648'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Made by Wenceslaus Hollar after a drawing by Jacob van Werden. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/952939001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 15:21, 29 May 2020 |  | 2,500 × 2,090 (1.23 MB) | Fouquiher | {{Artwork |Artist = {{Creator:Wenceslaus Hollar}} {{creator:Jacob van Werden|After}} |Title = {{en|1=''Siege of Landrecies''}} |Inscriptions =Lettered above the view with a dedication to Archduke Leopold, who succesfully laid seige to the town for the king of France "A Son Altez Serenissime, Monseigneur Sy Promethée deroba le feu és roues du Chariot du Soleil ... Theodore de Crepu et Iacques van Werden, Ingeniaires de sa Mties. du Camp devant Landrecies, le 18. de Iullet, 1647."; the plan let... |
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