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
Visé, 1747
Sketch of the works at Viset
c.1747Pencil on paper | Scale: Map: not stated. 1:4,600 approx. | RCIN 730166
A very rough large-scale field sketch of the area immediately to the north of Visé, showing the posts and fieldworks, with a section of the intrenchment just to the north of Visé. A ford over the Meuse is shown just to the south of Visé in the position of a ford which was shown as ‘practicable’ on RCIN 730162. A profile of the intrenchment drawn to scale, is bottom right.
Condition: three fold lines; hand print on verso.
Daniel Paterson (d. 1749) (draughtsman) [top, right of title:] D. Paterson.
Watermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 686
Condition: three fold lines; hand print on verso
Scale: Map: not stated. 1:4,600 approx. Scale bar: Scale for the Profil: [38 mm =] 30 Feet; 1:240 approx.
26.2 x 42.5 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the works at Viset. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Viset 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand]: VII/34 [and] XIII/49[?-m]; [top right, black pencil:] St Peter’s [?].
George III catalogue entry:
Viset A drawn Sketch of the Works at Viset in 1747: by D. Paterson Eng.r
Subject(s)
Visé, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°44'15"N 05°41'56"E)
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