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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

GEORGE LOUIS LE ROUGE (1707-93/4)

Encampment near Courtrai, 1744

PLAN / DE COURTRAI, / Et du Camp de 1744

published 1745

Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:19,700 approx. | RCIN 729013

A map of the French encampment at Courtrai [Kortrijk] from 18 May to 18 July 1744. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west-north-west to top (compass rose).

The camp was commanded by Lieutenant-General Jacques Gabriel Louis Le Clerc de Juigné (1727-1807). This was a substantial encampment on both sides of the River Lys. Regiments are named.

Condition: one fold line; bottom left corner crumpled; brown staining; surface dirt to both sides. Verso: bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, remains, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; induced discolouration.
  • George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, below title:] A PARIS / Chés Le S.r Le Rouge Géographe du Roy rue / des Augustins au Panier Fleuri. 1745.

  • Watermark: A name in a narrow rectangular cartouche: I [heart with antler shape on top] SAUVADE MOYEN [below, not in cartouche:] AUVERGNE 1742

    Condition: one fold line; bottom left corner crumpled; brown staining; surface dirt to both sides. Verso: bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, remains, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; induced discolouration

  • Scale: 1:19,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle [99 mm =] 1000 Toises.

    31.0 x 46.6 cm (neatline)

    31.5 x 47.0 cm (image)

    32.7 x 48.3 cm (platemark)

    35.9 x 52.5 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN / DE COURTRAI, / Et du Camp de 1744. [top right]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment at Courtray 18 May - 18 July 1744.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, trimmed, in Mason's hand?]: 30; [right centre, red pencil:] 39.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Courtray Plan de Courtrai et du Camp de l'Armée Françoise depuis le 18 Mai jusqu'au 18 Juillet 1744; chez le Rouge, 1745. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]

  • Subject(s)

    Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium (50°49'40"N 03°15'53"E)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024