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 Ostend, 1745
PLAN of OSTEND / with / the Situation of the French Army / before the Town / Aug.t y.e 4:th 1745
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | Scale: not stated | RCIN 729147
Ostend was a key port for the British whose troops were customarily landed there en route for continental theatres of operations. It fell to the French on 24 August 1745. This map shows the French camps to the north and south of Ostend, and the extensive trenches that were constructed to the south and east. Fort St Philip is shown to the east.
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, in title panel, a key, a-i, k-l, to the locations of batteries, trenches, other small fortifications, works, etc.]
Condition: one fold line; trimmed; creased. Verso: induced discolouration.
? R Robinson (active 1745) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 477
Condition: one fold line; trimmed; creased. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: not stated
32.5 x 44.3 cm (neatline)
33.3 x 44.8 cm (image)
35.0 x 46.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of OSTEND / with / the Situation of the French Army / before the Town / Aug.t y.e 4:th 1745. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, in title panel, a key, a-i, k-l, to the locations of batteries, trenches, other small fortifications, works, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Ostend 4 Aug.t 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 9/61 [the ‘6’ is crossed through in black pencil]; [top left, black pencil:] X/88; [bottom right, black pencil:] O No4
George III catalogue entry:
Ostend A drawn Plan of Ostend with the Encampment of the French Army before the Town, 4.th August 1745. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Oostende, Flanders, Belgium (51°13'24"N 02°54'42"E)
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