• Title
  [Sir Thomas Mitchell set of plates for James Wyld's atlas of the Peninsular War, 1841? / drawn by T.L. Mitchell]
• Creator
  Thomas Mitchell, Sir, 1792-1855
• Call number
  DGD 26
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [1841]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  458012
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 21 lithograph drawings on 11 separate sheets - 60 x 110 cm. or smaller
  
• Scope and Content
  1a. Battle of Fuentes D'Onoro, fought on the 3rd and 5th of May 1811 [map]
  1b. View from A, showing the face of the country on the banks of the Dos Casas as far as the village of Fuentes D'Onoro
  2a. The lines, from the Western extremity of Monte Junto (pencil sketch is at DG*D21 no.5)
  2b. The first line between Aruda and Sobral (watercolour sketch is at DG*D21 no.4)
  2c. Aruda (watercolour is at DG*D21, no.8)
  2d. Cintra (watercolour is at DG*D21, no.1)
  2e. Torres Vedras
  3. Key to group of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington and his officers
  4a. Retreat of Marshal Massena, No. 1&2. Arrival of the Advance Guard of the allies in the presence of the French Army near Pombal 10th March 1811 [map]
  4b. Disposition of the Allies for the attack of the enemy's position beyond Pombal, 12th March 1811 [map]
  4c. Pombal (ink tracing is at DG*D21 no.15)
  5a. Plan of the seige of Cuidad Rodrigo the breaches carried by storm 19th January 1812 (with view sketch of foreground view is at DG*D21 no.16)
  5b. Plan of seige of Badajoz the breaches carried by assault April 6, 1812
  6. Position of Guarda on the 29th March 1811. [map with] Perspective sketch of the face of the country about Guarda
  7. Battle of Corunna 16th January 1809 [map with view of monument]
  8. Action near Rolica on the 17th August 1808 [map with view]
  9. Plan of the affair of Almeida, 14th July 1810 [with inset views] Santarem from the Tagus [and] Santarem from Rio Mayor
  10. Battle of Vittoria, fought on the 21st June 1813 [with inset view] Vittoria from the West
  11a. Salamanca with the French Forts [plan] and the batteries and trenches executed before them in June 1812
  11b. Salamanca, capture of the forts 27th June 1812 (sketch is at DG*D21, no.12)
  11c. Attack on the Castle of Burgos from 19th September to 22nd October 1812 [plan]
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  These plates were published in `Maps and plans showing the principal movements, battles & sieges in which the British Army were engaged during the War from 1808 to 1814 in the Spanish Peninsula and the South of France / prepared by Sir T.L. Mitchell, with brief connecting narrative. Pub by James Wyld under the superintendence of Sir George Murray. London, 1841'. Located at RB/X355.4846/1; RB/Q355.4846/1 (Appendix)
  Original sketches by Sir Thomas Mitchell at DG*D 21 are preliminary drawings for these plates which were later published by James Wyld. Located at RB/X355.4846/1; RB/Q355.4846/1 (Appendix)
• Name
  Wellesley, Arthur, 1st duke of Wellington, 1769-1852
  
• Subject
  Peninsular War, 1807-1814.
  
• Topic
  soldiers
  armed forces
  horses
  castles
  landscapes (views)
  towns
  fortifications
  mountains
  maps
  plans
  campaigns & battles
  weapons
  
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