Caption
View of Nijmegen, Nimmegen, with the intended fortifications of General Koehoorn, a city in the Netherlands, the capital of Gelderland, 1702 the French attacked it in vain and fled it shamefully, Les Principales Forteresses & Villes Fortes, d'Espagne, de France, d'Italie, de Savoië, d'Allemagne & des Païs-Bas, Naaukeurige Illustratie der Voornaamste Sterke Steden en Vestingen in Spanjen, Vrankryk, Italien, Savoyen, Duytsland en Nederlanden, print, album page, map, View of the Waal and Nijmegen. On the left, Fort Knodsenburg. With texts in Dutch and French. The text refers to the failed attack by the French in 1702., printmaker: Abraham Allard, Amsterdam, printmaker: Carel Allard, publisher: Carel Allard, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), Leiden, grantor of privilege: States of Holland and West Friesland, 1702 - 1733, Abraham Allard, Carel Allard, Pieter van der Aa (I), States of Holland and West Friesland, publisher, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 233 mm x width 277 mm, fortifications, military engineering, maps of cities, War of Spanish Succession, Nijmegen, Rhine, Waal (river), Valkhof, Fort Knodsenburg (Nijmegen), Lent, Period, 1701 - 1713, 1702, A wide engraved view shows a river scene with numerous sailing vessels of various sizes in the water, some with furled sails and some with flags, and one vessel emitting a cloud of smoke near the foreground; along the riverbanks are geometric fortifications, walls, and clustered buildings including towers and steeples forming a dense townscape on one side, with open fields, pathways, and scattered trees on the opposite shore; a ribbon-like banner stretches across the upper sky, and detailed cloud formations fill much of the upper area above the town; smaller details include windmills, docks, boats at the shoreline, and textured waves and ripples in the water.
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