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Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714)
The Siege of Orsoy
RCIN 916593
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D&M 2: Fortified town in middle distance; troops gathering foreground; figures harvesting foreground right. Orsoy (on W. bank of the Rhine, N. of Düsseldorf) was besieged by Louis XIV & captured on 3/6/1672. Inscribed 'Le Clerc'.
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Purchased by George IV when Prince of Wales, with 916594, from Colnaghi & Co., 10 March 1800 (Royal Archives GEO/MAIN/27142, '2 Drawings of Orsoy & Burick by le Clerc, £4 4s')
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RL 16593
