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
Map of Dunkirk, 1743 (Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 51°03'0"N 02°22'00"E
c.1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:7,000 approx. | RCIN 728080
The yellow lines, running from the Canal de Berguere in the west round to the north-eastern end of the demolished citadel, indicate the proposed entrenchments for an entrenched encampment. The red lines indicate the former outlines of the fortifications, while the black lines show the alignment of the new build, following the old ditches in front of the covered ways.
Additional text: [top right, below title, in title panel, a key, A, B, to the different field works.]
Condition: six fold lines, previously folded to 12.6 x 10.0 cm; torn around the edges and contemporary? repairs made by pasting paper around the edges.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 309
Condition: six fold lines, previously folded to 12.6 x 10.0 cm; torn around the edges and contemporary? repairs made by pasting paper around the edges
Scale: 1:7,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 300. toise [82 mm =].
33.5 x 47.4 cm (neatline)
34.1 x 48.0 cm (image)
34.7 x 49.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / D'un Camp Retranché autour de Dunkerque, 1743. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top right, below title, in title panel, a key, A, B, to the different field works.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Dunkirk 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 3; [centre, red pencil:] 7; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1743.
George III catalogue entry:
Dunkirk Plan dessiné d'un Camp retranché autour de Dunkerque, 1743. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (51°03'0"N 02°22'00"E)
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