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 near Berleghem, 174
Campement des Alliez le / Long de L'Escaut le 22.me Juin N:S: 1744
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:61,700 approx. | RCIN 729021
This is a duplicate, in the same hand but rendered in French, of RCIN 729020. The encampments are on the east side of the River Scheldt, near Oudenaarde (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E), between Mulde (Melden, 50°48'52"N 03°33'55"E) in the south and Gavere (50°55'45"N 03°39'42") in the north. The fortified lines at the bridgehead at Gavere are shown, together with the extent of woodland. The marshy inundations south of Oudenaarde are indicated by a bluish brown wash.
Additional text: [top left, below title, in title panel, a key to the colours distinguishing the different nationality of the troops:] Les Troupes Britanniques sont Rouges / Les Hannoveriennes Jaunes / Les Autrichiennes Ver / Les Hollandoises Oranges.
Condition: several fold lines from two different episodes of folding; formerly folded to 13.1 x 7.5 cm; some wear along folds; foxing.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 367
Condition: several fold lines from two different episodes of folding; formerly folded to 13.1 x 7.5 cm; some wear along folds; foxing
Scale: not stated. 1:61,700 approx.
40.5 x 34.5 cm (image)
39.9 x 34.0 cm (neatline)
41.5 x 36.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement des Alliez le / Long de L'Escaut le 22.me Juin N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Les Troupes Britanniques sont Rouges / Les Hannoveriennes Jaunes / Les Autrichiennes Ver / Les Hollandoises Oranges. [top left, below title, in title panel, a key to the colours distinguishing the different nationality of the troops]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Berleghem 22 June - 31 July 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] V/36; [top right, black pencil:] 15. D. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 8/31; [bottom left, black pencil erased:] [?IX/60]; [bottom right, black pencil:] (36).
George III catalogue entry:
Berleghem Plan dessiné du Campment des Alliés le long de l'Escaut, le 22 Juin 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E)
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