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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

CHARLES SCHAW CATHCART, 9TH LORD CATHCART (1721-76)

Encampment at Anstaing, 1744

Plan du Camp de l'Armeé / des Alliez sur la Marque ˰le 10 Août 1744

1744 or later

Pen, ink and watercolour on paper; bottom right, the ‘Explication’ has been written on a separate piece of paper which has been let into the map | Scale: 1:24,700 approx. | RCIN 729039

A rough map of the encampment of the Allied army, under the command of Marshals d'Arenberg and Wade, on the west bank of the River Marque at Anstaing near Lille, 10 August 1744. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west to top (cardinal points).

A roughly executed sketch; individual battalions are not shown. Troops are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Dutch (blue), Austrian (green). Two pontoon bridges are shown upstream of Anstaing.

Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a note that two Dutch battalions were detached to cover their general's headquarters at Gisoin [Cysoing]; bottom right, in irregularly-shaped panel, a key, A-I, K-S, to the positions of the English, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops:] EXPLICATION.

For further reading, see:
H.M. Scott, ‘Cathcart, Charles Schaw, ninth Lord Cathcart (1721–1776)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.

Condition: four fold lines; creased; tear at top of central vertical fold. Verso: induced discolouration.
  • Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721-76) (draughtsman) [bottom centre, below title, in title panel:] dessigné sur le Lieu / par L.d Cathcart

  • Watermark: Countermark: IV

    Mark, stamped: 384

    Material: bottom right, the ‘Explication’ has been written on a separate piece of paper which has been let into the map

    Condition: four fold lines; creased; tear at top of central vertical fold. Verso: induced discolouration

  • Scale: 1:24,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'un Demie Lieu [sic] de France [90 mm =].

    23.7 x 37.5 cm (image, neatline and sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    Plan du Camp de l'Armeé / des Alliez sur la Marque ˰le 10 Août 1744. [bottom centre, in rectangular cartouche]

    Additional text:

    EXPLICATION. [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a note that two Dutch battalions were detached to cover their general's headquarters at Gisoin [Cysoing]; bottom right, in irregularly-shaped panel, a key, A-I, K-S, to the positions of the English, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment at Anstoun [i.e. Anstain] 10 Aug.t - 29 Sept.r 1744.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 8/41 [and, black pencil:] X/[?].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Anstain Plan dessiné du Camp de l'Armée des Alliés (a Anstain) sur la Marque, le 10 Aout 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)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    H.M. Scott, ‘Cathcart, Charles Schaw, ninth Lord Cathcart (1721–1776)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024