War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Encampment at Anstaing, 1744
Campement des Alliez à Anstain / le 10.me Aoust. N:S: 1744
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:23,800 approx. | RCIN 729038
The camp, on the west side of the River Marque, extends from Tressin (50°37'03"N 03°11'36"E) in the north, through Anstaing, to present-day Huvet, (50°33'33"N 03°09'36"E) in the south. This is a more diagrammatic representation of the layout of the camp than that at RCIN 729035 and appears to be the fair drawing of RCIN 729037. Little topographical detail other than the River Marque, local roads and settlement are shown. This cartographer uses the symbol of double pecked lines within solid lines to indicate a primary road.
Additional text: [top left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-C to the French redoubts at Pont à Tressin, and to the Chateux d'Anstain and Sainghuin Melantois.]
Condition: four fold lines. Verso: some induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 383
Condition: four fold lines. Verso: some induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:23,800 approx.
22.4 x 33.6 cm (image and neatline)
23.9 x 34.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement des Alliez à Anstain / le 10.me Aoust. N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-C to the French redoubts at Pont à Tressin, and to the Chateux d'Anstain and Sainghuin Melantois.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Anstain 10 Aug.t - 29 Sept.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 8/49 [the ‘49’ crossed out in black pencil]; [top left, black pencil:] X/8; [top right, black pencil:] X/8.
George III catalogue entry:
Anstain Plan dessiné du Campement des Alliés a Anstain, le 10 Aoust 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Anstaing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°36'17"N 03°11'26"E)
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