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 Deinze, 1744 (Deinze, Flanders, Belgium) 50°58'54"N 03°31'51"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:14,600 approx. | RCIN 729056
In the same hand as RCINs 729011-12, 729014, 729017, 729020-22, 729030, 729037-8, 729047-55, 729057-8.
This is a more neatly drawn copy, in the same hand, of RCIN 729055. The march of the British and Hanoverian troops from Chateau de Huysse north-west to Deinze was about 10 km (6.2 miles). The camp, on the east side of the River Lys, extends for a distance of about 7 km (4.3 miles) from Bachten (Bachte 50°59'51"N 03°32'54"E) in the north, through Astene (50°59'06"N 03°33'59"E) south-west to Machelen (50°57'35"N 03°29'25"E).
Condition: no fold lines; colour and ink, bottom right, smudged, possibly when the map was laid down. Verso: discolouration from the paste.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Army-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-DutchArmy-GBWatermark: Map: fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above. Backing paper: none.
Mark, stamped: 402
Condition: no fold lines; colour and ink, bottom right, smudged, possibly when the map was laid down. Verso: discolouration from the paste
Scale: not stated. 1:14,600 approx.
18.0 x 34.6 cm (neatline)
19.2 x 35.3 cm (image)
21.0 x 37.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du / Campement de L'Aile / Droite à Deynse le / 14..me Octobre N:S: / 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Deynse 14 Oct.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 10. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing and partly scraped off:] 4[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Deynse Plan dessiné du Campement des Troupes Britanniques et Hannoveriennes a Deynse, le 14 Oct.re 1744.
Subject(s)
Deinze, Flanders, Belgium (50°58'54"N 03°31'51"E)
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