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 the Netherlands and Oudenaarde, 1744 (Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium) 50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E
1744 or laterEtching and engraving with manuscript additions in pencil, pen, ink and watercolour | Scale: printed map, scale bar: Echelle de 3000 pas Communs | RCIN 729006
The detail of the manuscript additions to the printed map have been trimmed at the edges, indicating that it originally covered a greater geographical area. The camps are shown in the following locations: west of Oudenaarde at Elseghem (Anzegem 50°50'13"N 03°28'40"E) on 4 October 1744; to the south-west and south-east of Melde (Melden 50°48'52"N 03°33'55"E) on 2 June 1744; to the north-east of Oudenaarde on the old battlefield on 6 August; to the north-west of Oudenaarde on 4 October; between Dickelvenne (Dikkelvenne 50°55'09"N 03°41'42"E) and Vürste (Vurste 50°56'35"N 03°40'59"E) in June.
The map is printed from one copperplate on one sheet of paper with manuscript extensions on a further five pieces which were then joined.
Condition: several fold lines; very worn along folds; edges trimmed; substantial brown discolouration to both sides. Verso, left of old heading: water-stained patch and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; surface dirt.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Printed map: Britannia? Manuscript extension: Strasburg bend and lily; countermark: GL.
Mark, stamped: 353
Condition: several fold lines; very worn along folds; edges trimmed; substantial brown discolouration to both sides. Verso, left of old heading: water-stained patch and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; surface dirt
Scale: printed map, scale bar: Echelle de 3000 pas Communs [scale bar obscured, not possible to measure]
80.9 x 105.0 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Printed title:
Plan de la Bataille d'Oudenaerde du 11 Juillet 1703 Levi sur le lieu par G.L. [Mesburger] Ingenieur. A [?] Chez Eugene Henry Friex, Rue de la Madeleine [?]. [the title cartouche of the printed map has been obscured by part of the manuscript map which has been pasted over it]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments in the Netherlands in 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 31.
George III catalogue entry:
Netherlands Friex's Map of the Battle of Oudenarde, 11 July 1708: with the addition of three MS. sheets containing the Encampments of the Allied Army in 1744. [The same entry also appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E)
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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