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 Dartford Heath, 1745
PLAN / OF THE ENCAMPMENT OF / THE FIVE REGIMENTS ON / DARTFORD HEATH
c.1745Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:1,800 approx. | RCIN 729072
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
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