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 Chateau de Bié and Estaimbourg, 1744 (near Pecq, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°41'10"N 03°20'16"E; (Estaimbourg, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°40'47"N 03°18'28"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:34,200 approx. | RCIN 729030
Possibly in the same hand as RCINs 729011, 729012, 729014, 729017, 729020-22, 729037-8, 729047-58.
The Chateau de Bié is about 1.6 km west of Pecq (50°41'10"N 03°20'16"E). The encampment, on the west bank of the River Escaut (Scheldt), extends from Spiere (50°43'08"N 03°21'22"E) in the north to south of Bomagnies (Ramegnies-Chin 50°39'05"N 03°20'13"E), a distance of about 8 km. The fluvial landscape has been altered considerably by canalisation since the eighteenth century, so that the settlement of Paradis (50°38'42"N 03°21'22"E) is now on the east side of the river. The order of battle at RCIN 729031 at Estaimbourg refers to this encampment.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: discolouring from paste.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: The letters GR, crown above
Mark, stamped: 375
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: discolouring from paste
Scale: not stated. 1:34,200 approx.
18.5 x 41.3 cm (image)
17.9 x 40.6 cm (neatline)
19.3 x 41.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du / Campement des Alliez / au Chateau de Bié, le 6.me / Aoust N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Bié 6 Aug.t 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, cropped and illegible]; [top right, black pencil:] 4. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Bié Plan dessiné du Campement des Alliés au Chateau de Bié le 6 Aout 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
near Pecq, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°41'10"N 03°20'16"E)
Estaimbourg, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°40'47"N 03°18'28"E)
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