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 Chateau de Bié and Estaimbourg, 1744
Plan du / Campement des Alliez / au Chateau de Bié, le 6.me / Aoust...
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:34,200 approx. | RCIN 729030
Possibly in the same hand as RCINs 729011, 729012, 729014, 729017, 729020-22, 729037-8, 729047-58.
The Chateau de Bié is about 1.6 km west of Pecq (50°41'10"N 03°20'16"E). The encampment, on the west bank of the River Escaut (Scheldt), extends from Spiere (50°43'08"N 03°21'22"E) in the north to south of Bomagnies (Ramegnies-Chin 50°39'05"N 03°20'13"E), a distance of about 8 km. The fluvial landscape has been altered considerably by canalisation since the eighteenth century, so that the settlement of Paradis (50°38'42"N 03°21'22"E) is now on the east side of the river. The order of battle at RCIN 729031 at Estaimbourg refers to this encampment.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: discolouring from paste.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: The letters GR, crown above
Mark, stamped: 375
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: discolouring from paste
Scale: not stated. 1:34,200 approx.
18.5 x 41.3 cm (image)
17.9 x 40.6 cm (neatline)
19.3 x 41.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du / Campement des Alliez / au Chateau de Bié, le 6.me / Aoust N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Bié 6 Aug.t 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, cropped and illegible]; [top right, black pencil:] 4. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Bié Plan dessiné du Campement des Alliés au Chateau de Bié le 6 Aout 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
near Pecq, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°41'10"N 03°20'16"E)
Estaimbourg, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°40'47"N 03°18'28"E)
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