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 Dartford Heath, 1745 (Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK) 51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E
1745Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:18,000 approx. | RCIN 729071
The camp is represented by a solid elongated red rectangle; the position of the Rear Guards shows that it was facing south-west. No regiments are named. The style of draughting is naive, resembling more a medieval estate plan than a topographical survey from the 1740s.
Condition: no fold lines; trimmed to edge of image.
Joseph Dufaur (active 1745) (draughtsman) [top, below title, in title panel:] BY IOSEPH DUFAUR, ENGINEER 1745.
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below
Mark, stamped: 413
Condition: no fold lines; trimmed to edge of image
Scale: not stated. 1:18,000 approx.
25.3 x 29.7 cm (image)
19.6 x 29.8 cm (neatline)
26.1 x 29.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / OF THE ENCAMPMENT ON DARTFORD HEATH / AND OF THE TOWN AND ADJACENT'S VILEGE'S, [top, across top of map in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment on Dartford Heath 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XI/7; [bottom right, black pencil:] XI/7; [bottom right, red pencil:] 9/70.
George III catalogue entry:
Dartford Heath A drawn Plan of the Encampment on Dartford Heath, and of the Town and adjacent Villages, 1745; by Joseph Dufaur Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK (51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E)
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