Plan of Cherbourg from Naqueville to Fort Bretteville: R.D.147

Awaiting location update

Titles

Plan of Cherbourg from Naqueville to Fort Bretteville

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Description

Points of compass indicated, upper centre. Key to places, lower left, scale in fathoms, lower right.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

School or Style

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Drawn Area Height 188 mm Width 306 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen and ink with watercolour over graphite within drawn borders, on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Plan of Cherbourg from Naqueville [sic] to Fort Bretteville
Location: Upper left, above margins of drawing
Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: numbers correspond to those on drawing

Text: No. 1 Projected Fort at Querqueville / 2 Querqueville Church / 3 Redoubt / 4 Amer / 5 Coqueville } villages / 6 Fort & Battery of St Ann / 7 Old Fort Humet / 8 Projected small fort / 9 Chantereynne Brook / 10 Fort L'Onglet / 12 Place where the Caissons are constructed / 13 Road from the Abbey / 14 Belle Croix / 15 Equerdreville [sic] / 16 Port of Cherbourg / 17 New Road from [?]Luerqueville / 18 New Place [erased] / 19 Road to Paris / 20 Cross & stone Quarry of Roule / 21 Powder Magazine / 22 Barracks at la Bontellere [?] / 23 Redoubt / 24 Bason }Tourlaville / 25 Fort de Oigovelle / 26 Fort Bretteville
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: R.D.147
Primary reference Number: 81791
Temporary Reitlinger Number: R.D.147
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Cite this record

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plan of Cherbourg from Naqueville to Fort Bretteville" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81791 Accessed: 2024-05-02 22:05:35

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81791
            |title=Plan of Cherbourg from Naqueville to Fort Bretteville
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-05-02 22:05:35|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-81791

Machine readable data

JSON Linked Art XML TXT QR code

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Ivory plaque

Ivory plaque

Accession Number: ANE.7.1961

An image of Ivory plaque

Ivory plaque

Accession Number: ANE.9.1961

An image of Ivory plaque

Ivory plaque

Accession Number: ANE.8.1961

An image of Drawing

Fort St. Marcouf, nr. Quineville

Accession Number: 1477

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: View of Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia - Art Print

View of Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia - Art Print

£30.00

Featured image for the project: Fitzwilliam Masked Masterpieces: Countess Rachel de Ruvigny of Southampton - Greetings Card

Fitzwilliam Masked Masterpieces: Countess Rachel de Ruvigny of Southampton - Greetings Card

£2.60

Featured image for the project: Rocks at Bagnoles-De-L'Orne - Art print

Rocks at Bagnoles-De-L'Orne - Art print

£30.00

Featured image for the project: Pot de grès et fleurs - Art print

Pot de grès et fleurs - Art print

£30.00

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: View of the Quirinal

View of the Quirinal

Featured image for the project: View of the Roman Campagna

View of the Roman Campagna

Featured image for the project: View of the Baltic Coast

View of the Baltic Coast

Featured image for the project: View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome

View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...