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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

JOSEPH DUFAUR (ACTIVE 1745)

Encampment at Dartford Heath, 1745

PLAN / OF THE ENCAMPMENT OF / THE FIVE REGIMENTS ON / DARTFORD HEATH

c.1745

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:1,800 approx. | RCIN 729072

A plan of the layout of five regiments of foot on Dartford Heath in 1745. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).

Insets: [right, down right side of plan, seven small plans:] Figr 1s Plan of an Officer Hutt.; Figr 2d Plan of the Mens Hutts; Figr 3d Plan of a Centry Box. Size: 10.1 x 14.5 cm (neatline).
Fig:r 4d Frame of a Hutt. Size: 7.9 x 8.2 cm (neatline).
Figr 5 Frame of a Centry Box. Size: 7.8 x 6.2 cm (neatline).
Fig:r 6d Thatched Hutts. Size: 9.8 x 7.1 cm (neatline).
Fig:r 7d Elevation of a Officer Hutts. Size: 9.8 x 7.4 cm (neatline).
Scale: 1:217. Scale bar: A Schale for the Figs 1,2,3,4,5, & 6 of 14 yards [59 mm =].

Condition: two fold lines; surface dirt recto and verso. Verso: induced discolouration.
  • Joseph Dufaur (active 1745) (draughtsman) [top centre, bottom right of title panel, signed:] Joseph Dufaur / Engineer. [bottom right of main plan, inside neatline:] J. Dufaur / Engineer.

  • Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV

    Mark, stamped: 414

    Condition: two fold lines; surface dirt recto and verso. Verso: induced discolouration

  • Scale: not stated. 1:1,800 approx.

    28.1 x 77.8 cm (image)

    29.4 x 78.2 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    PLAN / OF THE ENCAMPMENT OF / THE FIVE REGIMENTS ON / DARTFORD HEATH [top centre, in rectangular panel]

    Insets:

    [right, down right side of plan, seven small plans:]

    Figr 1s Plan of an Officer Hutt.;
    Figr 2d Plan of the Mens Hutts;
    Figr 3d Plan of a Centry Box. Size: 10.1 x 14.5 cm (neatline).
    Fig:r 4d Frame of a Hutt. Size: 7.9 x 8.2 cm (neatline).
    Figr 5 Frame of a Centry Box. Size: 7.8 x 6.2 cm (neatline).
    Fig:r 6d Thatched Hutts. Size: 9.8 x 7.1 cm (neatline).
    Fig:r 7d Elevation of a Officer Hutts. Size: 9.8 x 7.4 cm (neatline).
    Scale: 1:217. Scale bar: A Schale for the Figs 1,2,3,4,5, & 6 of 14 yards [59 mm =].

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment on Dartford Heath 1745. [on a white paper strip pasted to the verso];

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) XI/8 [bottom right, black pencil]; 9/71 [bottom right, red pencil].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Dartford Heath A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the five Regiments on Dartford Heath in 1745: by Joseph Dufaur Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]

  • Subject(s)

    Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK (51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024