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
Tongeren, 1747
PLAN of the FRENCH LINES at TONGRES with their ENCAMPMENTS
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through; copying squares in pencil | Scale: 1:13,850 approx. | RCIN 730172
The area covered by the map extends from Harenn (Haren 50°47'34"N 05°23'57"E) in the north-west, to the area around Elderen ('s Herenelderen 50°48'31"N 05°30'02"E) in the north-east; and from the area around Ruson (Rutten 50°44'51"N 05°26'36"E) in the south-west to the area south of Frere (Vreren 50°45'06"N 05°29'45"E) and Glaen (Glons 50°45'11"N 05°32'44"E) in the south-east. The positions of the camps appear to have been surveyed, together with the lines of the French fortifications to the east and north-east of Tongeren.
Inset: [bottom left:] Profil to the Lines. Scale: 1:225 approx. Profile scale: [27 mm =] 20 Feet. Size: 11,5 x 22,9 cm (neatline).
Condition: one fold line; offsetting from ink when folded. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Green (1725-1811) (surveyor)
Daniel Paterson (d. 1749) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom left:] W. Green / D. Paterson} Eng.rs
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 692
Condition: one fold line; offsetting from ink when folded. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:13,850 approx. Scale bar [33 mm =] 500 yards.
43.3 x 64.0 cm (neatline)
43.7 x 64.3 cm (image)
50.8 x 73.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the FRENCH LINES at TONGRES with their ENCAMPMENTS. [top, across top of map, outside border]
Inset:
[bottom left:] Profil to the Lines. Scale: 1:225 approx. Profile scale: [27 mm =] 20 Feet. Size: 11,5 x 22,9 cm (neatline).
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Tongres Sept.r 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] Plan of French Lines & encampments at Tongres 1747. [and] 40; [top right, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand, cropped and partly illegible:] [...?] 114.; [left, along left edge, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] Plan of French Lines & encampments at Tongres [followed by an illegible mark].
George III catalogue entry:
Tongres A drawn Plan of the French Lines at Tongres with their Encampments in Sept.r 1747: by W. Green and D. Paterson Eng.rs [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Tongeren, Flanders, Belgium (50°46'49"N 05°27'53"E)
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