Beleg van Tournai, 1709, Matthijs Pool (possibly), after Gillius Brakel, 1714 - 1716

Title(s)

Beleg van Tournai, 1709
Le veritable plan de la ville et citadelle de Tournay (title on object)

Object type

• print
• map

Object number

BI-B-FM-065-16

Catalogue reference

• FMH 3031-A/II, p. 126

Description

Plattegrond van Tournai (Doornik), belegerd door de geallieerden en ingenomen in 1709. Illustratie in de Nederlandse vertaling uit 1716 van J. Lamigue, Het leven van Zyne Hoogheit Johan Willem Friso, dl. II, p. 126/127.

Artist

• print maker: Matthijs Pool (possibly)
• after drawing by: Gillius Brakel (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Johannes van Oosterwyk

Place

print maker: Northern Netherlands
publisher: Amsterdam

Dating

1714 - 1716

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 145 mm × width 174 mm

What

• maps of cities
• siege, position war

When

• 1709 - 1709
• 1701 - 1714

Where

• Doornik

Who

• Johan Willem Friso (prins van Oranje-Nassau)

Acquisition

purchase 1881

Copyright

Public domain