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
Netherlands, 1744-48
c.1759Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:536,500 approx. | RCIN 729001.a
The plate numbers of the maps are engraved against the towns whose fortifications are represented in this collection. This general map therefore serves as an index map to the larger-scale siege plans of the following fortresses: Menin (1744), Ypres (1744), La Knoque (1744), Furnes (1744), Tournai (1745), Oudenarde (1745), Dendermonde (1745), Ostende (1745), Nieuport (1745), Aht [Ath] (1745), Bruxelles (1746), Anvers (1746), Mons (1746), S. Guilain (1746), Charleroy (1746), Namur (1746), L'Ecluse (1747), Sas de Gand (1747), Philipine (1747), Hulst (1747), Axel (1747), Berg-op-Zoom (1747), Lillo (1747), Maestricht (1748).
From: l'Histoire des Conquêtes de LOUIS XV. By Pierre du Mortous. Paris: de Lormel (1759). This first map of this volume is described under number 2072 in Bibliotheque Historique de la France, contenant Le Catalogue des Ouvrages, imprimés & manuscrits, quit traitent de l'Histoire de ce Royaume, ou qui y ont rapport; AVEC DES NOTES CRITIQUES ET HISTORIQUES: par … Jaques LeLong, Prêtre de l'Oratoire, Bibliothécaire de la Maison de Paris. Nouvelle Édition Revue, corrigée & Considérablement augmentée Par M. Fevret de Fontette, Conseiller au Parlement de Dijon. Tome Premier A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Thomas Herissant, Imprimeur ordinaire de Roi, Maison & Cabinet de Sa Maiesté. 1768. : 'Cette carte [i.e.RCIN 729001.a] se trouve, avec les Plans des principales Villes assiégées & conquises, dans l'Histoire des Conquêtes de LOUIS XV. par M. DUMORTOUX: Paris, de Lormel, 1759.'
Condition: flat, no fold lines. Verso: some brown spots.
Pierre du Mortous (active 1750s) (engraver)
Weis (active 1759) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Weis Ang. sc.
? P de Lormel (active 1759-93) (publisher)
Watermark: The letter H below the letter S, a ‘4’ above the S
Condition: flat, no fold lines. Verso: some brown spots
Scale: 1:536,500 approx. Scale bar: Lieues [45 mm =] 5.
20.4 x 29.5 cm (neatline)
20.9 x 30.0 cm (image)
22.7 x 31.3 cm (platemark)
24.5 x 39.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
TEATRE / de la DERNIERE / GUERRE / de / FLANDRES [bottom right, in ornate cartouche surmounted by a swan whose neck is crushed between the French coat of arms and the French crown, its ‘swan song’ giving the compass direction ‘Orient’, supported on the left by a reclining bearded man in a loin cloth holding in his left hand a large key, symbolising the power of Louis XV. The whole leaning against a pyramid wreathed in crowns.]
Printed title:
Pl.o. [top right, above edge of border]
Annotations:
George III heading: Netherlands 1744-1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, red pencil, cropped:] 8/[?]; [top left, red pencil:] 8/3. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Netherlands Theatre de la derniere Guerre de Flandres, contenant une Carte generale et 24 Plans des Villes assiegées pendant les années 1744, 5, 6, 7 et 8. oblong 4.to
Subject(s)
Netherlands
Belgium
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