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, 1744
Deuxiéme Camp des Alliés fait à Beirleghem / le 22.me de Juin N.S. 1744
1744 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: not stated. 1:61,700 approx. | RCIN 729023
The encampments are on the east side of the River Escaut (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.
Additional text: [top centre, below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-G, to the locations of the Allied troops and artillery.]
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 6.2 x 12.5 cm; surface dirt on outer panel of fold; corners diagonally trimmed; acid from ink has eaten through the paper; foxed.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 370
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 6.2 x 12.5 cm; surface dirt on outer panel of fold; corners diagonally trimmed; acid from ink has eaten through the paper; foxed
Scale: not stated. 1:61,700 approx.
22.5 x 47.8 cm (image and neatline)
24.7 x 48.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Deuxiéme Camp des Alliés fait à Beirleghem / le 22.me de Juin N.S. 1744. [top centre, in cartouche representing a trompe l'oeil scroll]
Additional text:
[top centre, below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-G, to the locations of the Allied troops and artillery.]
Annotation:
Encampment at Berleghem 22 June - 31 July 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in the hand of Mason or Schultz?:] 37.
George III catalogue entry:
Berleghem Plan dessiné du deuxieme Campement des Alliés fait a Berleghem 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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