Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Anonymous
Encampment at Petegem, 1744
Encampment at Petegem, 1744
Plan / du Campement de L' / Armée Alliée à L'AB: / de Peteghem le 4.me Octobre / N:S: 1744 1744 or later
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 729051
A map of the encampment of the Allied army under the command of Duke d'Arenberg at Petegem, 4 October 1744. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west-north-west to top.
In the same hand as RCINs 729011-12, 729014, 729017, 729020-22, 729030, 729037-8, 729047-50, 729052-8. Another copy of this map, in the same hand, is at RCIN 729052.
The army had marched to Petegem from Avelgem, a distance of about 10 km (6.2 miles). The encampment, on the west side of the River Escaut (Scheldt), extends for a distance of about 10 km (6.2 miles) from Heurn (Heurne 50°52'51"N 03°37'33"E) in the north, south-westwards past Oudenaarde, through Petegem to south of Elsegem (50°49'24"N 03°32'09"E). The regimental rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Dutch (blue), Austrian (green).
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Anonymous (cartographer)
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Watermark: The letters GR, crown above
Mark, stamped: 397
Condition: no fold lines; some brown staining. Verso: some induced discolouration
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Scale: not stated. 1:36,000 approx.
21.2 x 38.9 cm (neatline)
22.0 x 39.6 cm (image)
23.0 x 40.7 cm (sheet)
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Manuscript title:
Plan / du Campement de L' / Armée Alliée à L'AB: / de Peteghem le 4.me Octobre / N:S: 1744. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
Encampment at Peteghem 4 Oct.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 8/54 [and, black pencil:] X/17-[2].
George III catalogue entry:
Peteghem Plan dessiné du Campement de l'Armée Alliée a l'Abbaye de Peteghem, le 4 Oct.re 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
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Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Subject(s)
Petegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°50'00"N 03°33'00"E)
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