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 near Berleghem, 1744 (Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium) 50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:61,700 approx. | RCIN 729022
This shows the same detail, in the same hand but on a different orientation, as RCIN 729021. The encampments are on the east side of the River Escaut (Scheldt), near Oudenaarde (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E), between Mulde (Melden, 50°48'52"N 03°33'55"E) in the south and Gavere in the north. The fortified lines at the bridgehead at Gavere (50°55'45"N 03°39'42") are shown.
Additional text: [top left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-G, to the locations of the Allied troops and artillery.]
Condition: four fold lines; very worn along folds; foxing and brown staining; surface dirt along left edge. Verso: foxing; induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HanoverArmy-AustriaArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 368
Condition: four fold lines; very worn along folds; foxing and brown staining; surface dirt along left edge. Verso: foxing; induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:61,700 approx.
34.5 x 39.6 cm (neatline)
35.4 x 40.5 cm (image)
36.9 x 42.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Deuxieme Campement des Alliez / fait à Beirleghem le 22.me Juin / N:S: 1744. [top centre, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-G, to the locations of the Allied troops and artillery.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Berleghem 22 June - 31 July 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: 15.; [top right, black pencil:] 3. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 36; [centre, red pencil:] 36; [top right, black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 15 [and] 3.
George III catalogue entry:
Berleghem Plan dessiné du deuxieme Campement des Alliés fait a Berleghem le 22 Juin 1744. [the same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E)
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