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 encampment at Anstaing, 1744 (Anstaing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°36'17"N 03°11'26"E
1744 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; bottom right, the ‘Explication’ has been written on a separate piece of paper which has been let into the map | Scale: 1:24,700 approx. | RCIN 729039
A roughly executed sketch; individual battalions are not shown. Troops are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Dutch (blue), Austrian (green). Two pontoon bridges are shown upstream of Anstaing.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a note that two Dutch battalions were detached to cover their general's headquarters at Gisoin [Cysoing]; bottom right, in irregularly-shaped panel, a key, A-I, K-S, to the positions of the English, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops:] EXPLICATION.
For further reading, see:
H.M. Scott, ‘Cathcart, Charles Schaw, ninth Lord Cathcart (1721–1776)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
Condition: four fold lines; creased; tear at top of central vertical fold. Verso: induced discolouration.
Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721-76) (draughtsman) [bottom centre, below title, in title panel:] dessigné sur le Lieu / par L.d Cathcart
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HanoverArmy-AustriaArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 384
Material: bottom right, the ‘Explication’ has been written on a separate piece of paper which has been let into the map
Condition: four fold lines; creased; tear at top of central vertical fold. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:24,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'un Demie Lieu [sic] de France [90 mm =].
23.7 x 37.5 cm (image, neatline and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du Camp de l'Armeé / des Alliez sur la Marque ˰le 10 Août 1744. [bottom centre, in rectangular cartouche]
Additional text:
EXPLICATION. [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a note that two Dutch battalions were detached to cover their general's headquarters at Gisoin [Cysoing]; bottom right, in irregularly-shaped panel, a key, A-I, K-S, to the positions of the English, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Anstoun [i.e. Anstain] 10 Aug.t - 29 Sept.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 8/41 [and, black pencil:] X/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Anstain Plan dessiné du Camp de l'Armée des Alliés (a Anstain) sur la Marque, le 10 Aout 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Anstaing, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°36'17"N 03°11'26"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
H.M. Scott, ‘Cathcart, Charles Schaw, ninth Lord Cathcart (1721–1776)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
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