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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Map of encampment at Saint-Omer, 1788 (Saint-Omer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°45'00"N 02°15'00"E
1788Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper, with one small flap, 5.8 x 8.2 cm, giving details of different movements | Scale: 1:21,457 approx. | RCIN 734110.2.b
The manoeuvres took place over an area extending from the western edge of Saint-Omer, and was bordered by Zudausques (50°44'55"N 02°08'51"E), Leulinghem (50°44'07"N 02°05'33"E), Setques (50°42'41"N 02°09'30"E), Wizemes (50°42'42"N 02°14'35"E), and Blendecques (50°43'06"N 02°17'09"E), all of which settlements are marked on the map. In his accompanying letter (RCIN 734110.2.a), Simcoe comments on the accuracy of this map even though it was not the product of an original survey. It is possible that Lieutenant Spencer used, as part of his source materials, the Carte de Cassini, which had been published for this area about thirty years earlier.
Additional text: [left, in rectangular panel:] NAMES of REGIMENTS. [Bottom left, to right of the regimental names, a description of the four sets of manoeuvres and explanation of the symbols and colours used to described each of them on the map.]
Condition: one fold line.
G Spencer (active 1788) (draughtsman) [top right, below title:] by G. Spencer Lieuten.t of the 73.d Regiment / (late of the Queen’s Rangers).
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: None
Mark, stamped: 1061
Condition: one fold line
Scale: 1:21,457 approx. Scale bar: Scale about One Mile [75 mm =].
40.4 x 58.4 cm (neatline)
47.6 x 65.6 cm (image)
49.5 x 69.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
SKETCH / of THE CAMP / of the FRENCH ARMY / under the Command / of / The Prince de CONDÉ / in September 1788. / with the movements of the different divisions / of the 13.th 14.th and 15th; and that of the Whole / Army on the 17:th of the same Month. [top right]
Additional text:
[left, in rectangular panel:] NAMES of REGIMENTS. [Bottom left, to right of the regimental names, a description of the four sets of manoeuvres and explanation of the symbols and colours used to described each of them on the map.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at S.t Omer. Sep. 1788.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, at end of the third line of the title, added by George III's library staff:] at S.t Omer. (Verso) [bottom right of centre, black pencil, erased: the old heading].
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the French Army at S.t Omer, under the command of the Prince of Condé, in Sept.r 1788; with the Movements of the different Divisions on the 13.th 14.th and 15.th and that of the whole Army on the 17.th of the same month: by Lieut. G. Spencer: with an explanatory Letter from Col. Simcoe. [The same entry appears under the heading St. Omer.]
Subject(s)
Saint-Omer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°45'00"N 02°15'00"E)
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