Ornamental border of flowers and scrolls on both sides.
2-35.
MB. wood.
This piece, also by Martin Brunner, is struck, like the preceding,
from dies, and for use as a draughtsman. Judging from
the portraits, it appears to have been made about the year 1702,
shortly after Marlborough had received the command of the
English troops in the Netherlands.
3 1 . A n ne and t h e D uke op M arlborough. 1 7 0 2 ?
Bust of Anne, r., hair arranged'in a knot behind the head,
lovelocks behind and on the left shoulder, in dress fastened on
the right shoulder with brooch and looped over the left with a
string of pearls. Leg. anna . d . g . mag . b e . p e . e t . h ib .
REGINA.
Lev. Bust of the Duke of Marlborough, v., hair long, in
armour. Leg. io h . d . m a r l e b v r g . a n g l . e x .' c a p it . g e n .
Similar to the preceding.
1-7.
MB. wood.
Also a draughtsman, like the preceding. This piece was
executed hy Jean Dassier, the portrait of Anne being very
similar in style and treatment to one which he made of Queen
Mary I., but which was rejected on account of the unsatisfactory
portrait: it is described under No. 60, Vol. I. p. 89.
32. A n n e , a nd W il l ia m and M a r y . 1702?
Bust of Anne, r., &c.; same as No. 30.
Rev. Busts of William and Mary, crowned, facing each other.
He, hair long, is in armour; she, lovelock behind, wears
necklace, gown, and mantle fastened with brooch on the left
shoulder. Leg. w x lh e lm v s . d . g . a n g . sco . f r . e t h i .
r e x . e t m ar ia . r e g in a . Below, monogram of m b . (Martin
Brunner.)
Ornamental border of flowers and scrolls on both sides.
2-45.
MB. wood.
Same as the preceding, struck for use as a draughtsman.
The reverse is from an old die.
33. B onn t a k e n . ^ May, 1703.
Bust of Anne, L,.hair bound with fillet, lovelock on the right
shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front. Leg. anna .
D G . MAG . BR . PR , ET . HIB . REGINA. Below, I . BOSKAM . P .
Same as Nos. 20, 21.
Rev. Bonn besieged; Marlborough in the foreground on
horseback commanding. Leg. bona a m a l is e r e p t a . (The
good city (Bonn) snatched from the hands of the wicked.)
Ex. c o c ia l ib u s (sic) ARMis id ib . MAH . MDCCin. (By the arms
of the Allies, 15 May, 1703.)
1'7. Rapin, i. 10. Van Loon, IV. 395. Thes. Num.
267.
MB. At. - ; Very rare.
The siege of Bonn was the first, operation and success of
Marlborough in the campaign of 1703. It surrendered on
May, after a siege of about three weeks.
34. B aron d e C o h o r n . B onn t a k e n .. May, 1703.
Bust of de Cohorn, three-quarters, r,, hair high and long,
in cravat and armour. Leg. m en n o . baro . d e . c o eh o o rn .
SVMMVS . APVD . BATAVOS . ARMORVM . PRiEFECTVS . &. (Menno,
Baron de Cohorn, Commander-in-Chief of the Dutch artillery,
&c.) On truncation, x . (Georg Hautsch.)
, Rev. View of Bonn besieged; in front, the Rhine. • Leg.
Chronogrammatic. sIC . I g n e , D oM ata . f e r o C I . (Thus subdued
by a fierce fire, m d c c u i == 1703.) Ex.—
UT TONUS EVERTIT TUBARUM MOENIA QUONDAM
SIOQ . TONANS COEHORN, MCENIA BONNA TUA.