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 Asse, 1744 (Asse, Flanders, Belgium) 50°54'36"N 04°11'54"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:35,200 approx. | RCIN 729014
None of the regiments are named; the units are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverians (yellow), Austrians (green), Dutch (orange).
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; top left: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HanoverArmy-AustriaArmy-DutchWatermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 362
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; top left: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:35,200 approx.
25.6 x 35.7 cm (neatline)
26.3 x 36.5 cm (image)
26.9 x 37.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Incampment / of the Allied Army / near Asche, the 19..th / May N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Assche 19 May 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 2. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in Mason's hand]: 33; [top right, black pencil:] 2; [centre, red pencil:] 33.
George III catalogue entry:
Assche A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army near Assche, 19 May 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Asse, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'36"N 04°11'54"E)
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