Other 17th-century conflicts
Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Map of Hainaut, 1688 (Département du Nord, France and Hainaut Province, Belgium)
1689 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on thick paper, laid down on linen | Scale: 1:135,000 approx. | RCIN 724039
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]
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: 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
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3 November 2024
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