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 Froyennes, 1744
Plan / du Campement de / L'Armée Alliée / à Froienne le 29..me de / Sept.bre N:S: 1744
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:35,000 approx. | RCIN 729048
In the same hand as RCINs 729011-12, 729014, 729017, 729020-22, 729030, 729037-8, 729047, 729049-58.
This appears to be a neater example, in the same hand, of RCIN 729047. The encampment extends for about 6.5 km (4 miles) from Blandin (Blandain 50°37'15"N 03°18'18"E) in the west, west of Froyennes, and south-west of Tournai, to Ere (50°34'56"N 03°22'03"E). The citadelle and fortified walls of Tournai are drawn in outline. Troops are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Dutch (blue), Austrian (green).
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Cropped: fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above [? below]; countermark: the letters GR, crown above
Mark, stamped: 394
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:35,000 approx.
20.4 x 44.9 cm (neatline)
21.2 x 45.7 cm (image)
23.0 x 47.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / du Campement de / L'Armée Alliée / à Froienne le 29..me de / Sept.bre N:S: 1744. [bottom right, in irregularly shaped cartouche]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Froienne 29 Sept.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, in Mason's or Schultz's hand?:] 20; [top right, black pencil:] 6. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 42; [centre, red pencil:] 42; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] Froyenne.
George III catalogue entry:
Froienne Plan dessiné du Campement de l'Armée Alliée a Froienne, le 29 Sept.re 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Froyennes, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°37'18"N 03°21'16"E)
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