Miscellaneous
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Encampment at Villiers, 1753
PLAN du CAMP de VILLIERS pres la / Ville de Mezieres sur la Meuse commande / par Mr Le Marquis de Brezè et sous ses / Ordres Mr de Ponchartin Lieut:t General. et Le / Chev:r de Drue Marechal de Camp. [1753.]
c.1753Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:15,200 approx. | RCIN 731051.a
The relative relief of the area has been portrayed by brownish-grey brush strokes, the steeper slopes being shown in a darker colour. Cultivated land is shown by groups of parallel brown lines at different angles to each other to suggest ploughed land; rough or heathland and marshy areas are also shown.
The headquarters was in the Chateau de Viliers; outposts, and their detachments together with the number of men in each, are marked. The encamped regiments are: Du Roi, Cravates, Moutier, Belsunce, Royal Vaisseaux, La Couronne, Dauphin, Dessales, Cuirassiers.
Additional text: [top right, following on from title:] Ce Camp / ayant commencé Le 1er de Sepre 1753 a duré jusqu / au fin de Mois. Il etoit composé de dix Bataillons / d'Infanterie et dix Escadrons de Cavalerie / L'Infanterie dans le plan est marquée Jaune. / la Cavalerie blue [followed by an explanation of the letters on the map].
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: some foxing.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 767
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: some foxing
Scale: 1:15,200 approx. Scale bar: 600 Toises [77 mm =].
33.5 x 48.7 cm (neatline)
34.5 x 49.5 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN du CAMP de VILLIERS pres la / Ville de Mezieres sur la Meuse commande / par Mr Le Marquis de Brezè et sous ses / Ordres Mr de Ponchartin Lieut:t General. et Le / Chev:r de Drue Marechal de Camp. [1753.] [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top right, following on from title:] Ce Camp / ayant commencé Le 1er de Sepre 1753 a duré jusqu / au fin de Mois. Il etoit composé de dix Bataillons / d'Infanterie et dix Escadrons de Cavalerie / L'Infanterie dans le plan est marquée Jaune. / la Cavalerie blue [followed by an explanation of the letters on the map].
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Villiers 1-30 Sept.r 1753.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1753. [bottom right, red pencil:]12/50.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp de Villiers pres de Mezieres sur la Meuse commandé par le Marquis de Brezé, depuis le 1 jusqu’au 30 Sept.re 1753. [The same entry appears under the heading Villiers.]
Subject(s)
Villers-Semeuse, Champagne-Ardenne, France (49°44'31"N 04°44'49"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version
