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
French encampment at Fromont, 1747
PLAN / du Rivage de la Meuse et l'Endroit ou etoit campé / un partie de l'Armée Francoise, vis-a-vis l'Armée des Hauts-Alliez / [followed by erased and illegible text] .. , avec leurs Ouvrages. / fait le 4me...
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and grey wash on paper | Scale: 1:16,000 approx. | RCIN 730161
The area around the former settlement of Fromont appears, today, to be the site of opencast mineral excavation. These French camps were occupied until the beginning of October 1747. The map extends from Wanck (Wonck 50°46'00"N 05°38'10"E) in the north to Vivenis (Vivegnis 50°41'32"N 05°38'51"E) in the south, and from Houtain (Houtain-Saint-Siméon 50°44'24"N 05°36'44"E) in the west to Vizet (Visé 50°44'15"N 05°41'56"E) in the east.
Additional text: [bottom right, in plain rectangular panel, a key, 1-4, to military features.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: top left, paper repair to small tear, top left; eight small patches of paper to top and bottom edges, perhaps from the map having been pasted down on paper and then lifted off.
William Bontein (active 1747-d.October 1760) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside border:] Will.m Bontein Engineer Extraordinary.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 681
Condition: one fold line. Verso: top left, paper repair to small tear, top left; eight small patches of paper to top and bottom edges, perhaps from the map having been pasted down on paper and then lifted off
Scale: 1:16,000 approx. Scale bar: [50 mm =] Une Echelle de Mille Pas ou Cinque Cents Pas au Pouce.
37.0 x 48.8 cm (neatline)
38.1 x 49.9 cm (image)
39.4 x 51.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / du Rivage de la Meuse et l'Endroit ou etoit campé / un partie de l'Armée Francoise, vis-a-vis l'Armée des Hauts-Alliez / [followed by erased and illegible text] .. , avec leurs Ouvrages. / fait le 4me Octobre le jour apres leur depart 1747. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in plain rectangular panel, a key, 1-4, to military features.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Fromont 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil [in Schultz's or Mason's hand]:] 115. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, cropped and illegible:] 1747 [ ... ?]; [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper patch:] 39; [top right, black pencil, obscured by paper patch:] 115.; (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, cropped and illegible:] 1747 [ ... ?]; [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper patch:] 39; [top right, black pencil, obscured by paper patch:] 115.; bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] 70; [right centre, red pencil:] 39.
George III catalogue entry:
Fromont Plan dessiné du Rivage de la Meuse et du Campement d'une partie de l'Armée francoise a Fromont en 1747, avec leurs ouvrages: par Guillaume Bontein Ing.r 4 Oct.re 1747.
Subject(s)
Fromont, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°44'55"N 05°39'05"E)
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