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Other 17th-century conflicts

Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars

FRANÇOIS DE LA POINTE (ACTIVE 1666-90)

Hainaut, 1688

Carte particuliere du Hainaut / ou sont marqués les campements / de l’Armée du Roi / Commandée par M. Le Marechal d’Humiers / en l’année 1689

1689 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on thick paper, laid down on linen | Scale: 1:135,000 approx. | RCIN 724039

A map of the locations of the encampments of the French army, commanded by Louis de Crevant, duc d'Humières (1628-94), Marshal of France, in Hainaut in 1689. Nine Years War (1688-97). Oriented with north to top (cardinal points).

The campsites, shown by two parallel lines of tents, are not annotated with the dates of the encampments. The map extends from Orroi (Orroir, Walloon Region, Belgium 50°44ʹ59ʺN 03°38ʹ51ʺE) and Escaneffe (Escanaffles, Walloon Region, Belgium 50°45ʹ27ʺN 03°27ʹ11ʺE) in the top left, to near Herines (Herne, Flanders, Belgium 50°43ʹ27ʺN 04°02ʹ05ʺE) in the top right corner; and from Valenciennes (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 50°21ʹ00ʺN 03°32ʹ00ʺE) in the bottom left to Philippeville (Walloon Region, Belgium 50°11ʹ46ʺN 04°32ʹ37ʺE) in the bottom right corner.

Condition: eight fold lines; laid down on canvas; heavy discolouration and waterstaining; the item is unevenly cropped; small triangular piece cut from each corner. Verso: the manuscript title ‘Camps de 1689’ is written at the top of one of the folded panels.
  • François de la Pointe (active 1666-90) (draughtsman) [bottom left:] F. de la Pointe ficit [sic]

  • Watermark: Chaplet; countermark: indistinct, a cartouche with the letters: [?] C T [heart] G

    Mark, stamped: 18

    Condition: eight fold lines; laid down on canvas; heavy discolouration and waterstaining; the item is unevenly cropped; small triangular piece cut from each corner. Verso: the manuscript title ‘Camps de 1689’ is written at the top of one of the folded panels

  • Scale: 1:135,000 approx. Scale bar: Lieües [148 mm =] 4.

    50.0 x 78.5 cm (image and sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    Carte particuliere du Hainaut / ou sont marqués les campements / de l’Armée du Roi / Commandée par M. Le Marechal d’Humiers / en l’année 1689. [top right]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampments in Hainaut in 1689.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right of centre, ink:] Camps / de 1689; [bottom, right of centre, ink or black pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] LXX/12-[J or 7].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Hainaut Carte particuliere dessinée du Hainaut, où sont marqués les Campements de l’Armée du Roy commandée par le Marechal d’Humiers en l’année 1689: par F. de la Pointe.

  • Subject(s)

    Département du Nord, France and Hainaut Province, Belgium

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024