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
PLAN du CAMPEMENT / de L'ARMÉE des ALLIÉS / sur les PLAINES de LILLE / ou Ils se trouverent depuis le 30me / de Iuillet jusqu'au 18me Septembre V.S. / 1744
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:26,000 approx. | RCIN 729036
This map shows a similar configuration to RCIN 729035 but, although it is an attractively-drawn plan at a similar scale, it gives less topographical information.
Additional text: [bottom, below map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-104, to the positions of the named regiments.]
Condition: no fold lines; ink stain, foxing and surface dirt on verso.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Indistinct; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 381
Condition: no fold lines; ink stain, foxing and surface dirt on verso
Scale: 1:26,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de Mille Toises [75 mm =].
47.9 x 37.7 cm (image)
37.6 x 37.0 cm (neatline)
49.8 x 40.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN du CAMPEMENT / de L'ARMÉE des ALLIÉS / sur les PLAINES de LILLE / ou Ils se trouverent depuis le 30.me / de Iuillet jusqu'au 18.me Septembre V.S. / 1744. [i.e. from 10 August to 29 September New Style.] [top left, in rococo cartouche decorated with the artefacts of war]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-104, to the positions of the named regiments.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Anstain 10 Aug.t - 29 Sept.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 8/36; [bottom left, black pencil:] X/1.
George III catalogue entry:
Anstain Plan dessiné du Campement de l'Armée des Alliés (a Anstain) sur les Plaines de Lille depuis le 30 Juillet jusqu'au 18 Sept.re V.S. 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)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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