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 siege of Mons, 1746 (Mons, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°27'14"N 03°57'08"E
1746 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:7,350 approx. | RCIN 730052
The siege of two unadjacent sections of the fortification are depicted in detail, showing the French saps and batteries and their encroachments on the fortifications.
Insets: [right, in irregularly-shaped panel:] Attaques de Mons / a la Port de Nimy, / le 24 Juin. / Et la Ville a Capitulé le 10 Juillet.
Scale not stated, but larger than main map.
Condition: one fold line; creased; brown stains and marks. Verso: some offsetting from another copy of the same print; bottom right, brown spotting; surface dirt along right edge; induced discolouration; top left, a water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [bottom left, below title:] à Paris / Chez le S.r Le Rouge Ing.r Géogr. / rue des Augustins.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Three names in oval-ended rectangular cartouches, indistinct: 1) ?; 2) Heart, M O N [?C] O ???; 3) [?AUVERGNE], the date 1742 below
Condition: one fold line; creased; brown stains and marks. Verso: some offsetting from another copy of the same print; bottom right, brown spotting; surface dirt along right edge; induced discolouration; top left, a water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:7,350 approx. Scale bar: [53 mm =] 200 Toises.
29.6 x 45.7 cm (neatline)
30.1 x 46.2 cm (image)
31.7 x 47.8 cm (platemark)
34.3 x 50.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
ATTAQUES DE MONS / A LA PORTE DE / BERTAMONT / En 1746. [top right:] Attaques de Mons / a la Porte de Nimy. / le 24 Juin. / Et la Ville a Capitulé le 10 Juillet. [bottom left, inside neatline]
Insets:
Attaques de Mons / a la Port de Nimy, / le 24 Juin. / Et la Ville a Capitulé le 10 Juillet. Scale not stated, but larger than main map. [right, in irregularly-shaped panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Mons 19 June - 10 July 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) top left, black pencil, beneath old heading, illegible. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 46; [top right, black pencil:] 71 [this may be the number of the recto, top left; centre, red pencil:] 46.
George III catalogue entry:
Mons Attaques de Mons a la Porte de Bertamont. Attaques de Mons a la Porte Nimy: chez le Rouge.
Subject(s)
Mons (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°27'14"N 03°57'08"E
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