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 Ocquier, 1746 (Ocquier, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°23'44"N 05°23'38"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:33,000 approx. | RCIN 730053.l
The distance from the previous camp at Filée, near Libois, is about 16 km (10 miles). The encampment (Austrian, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch) extends across cultivated land for a distance of about 10 km (6.2 miles), between Ocquier and Paije (Pailhe 50°25'24"N 05°15'32"E).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 540
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:33,000 approx.
19.8 x 30.3 cm (neatline)
20.2 x 30.8 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés d’ / Ocquiere entre le meme village et Paÿ le 1,,e / septembre 1746. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/43[?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
Subject(s)
Ocquier (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°23'44"N 05°23'38"E
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