War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Oudenaarde, 1708, and Aire, 1710
Durchlauchtigster Printz, / Gnädigster Hertzog
dated 1745Pen and ink on one sheet of paper, folded to give four pages | 30.1 x 38.2 cm (sheet; folded to 30.1 x 19.1 cm) | RCIN 726015.b
The author, writing from the camp at Lessines in June 1745, explains that he has given the explanation in German as his French is not perfect.
Text begins: Ew: Königliche Hoheit überreiche hie. / mit gantz gehorsahmst eine Carte, worinne ein / theil des Schelde = Flusses, von Gavern bis an / Helschein, in welchen ich die Glorieuse repassirung / der Allürten Armée, unter Commendo Ihro Durch: / des Printzen Eugene, und Ihro Durch: des Her= / tzoges von Marleboroug…
Condition: two fold lines; induced discolouration to both sides.
W Brückman (active 1745) (author) [end of document:] Im Lager beÿ / Lessine de 28 Juny. / 1745 [W] Brückmann.
Watermark: Coat of arms of England; countermark: the letters GR within a wreath inside a crowned circle
Mark, stamped: 123
Condition: two fold lines; induced discolouration to both sides
30.1 x 38.2 cm (sheet; folded to 30.1 x 19.1 cm)
Manuscript title:
Durchlauchtigster Printz, / Gnädigster Hertzog [at top of first page, text begins with a greeting to the Duke of Cumberland?]
Annotation:
George III heading: Encampment near Oudenarde 5 Nov.r 1708.
Other annotations: (Recto) [red ink note to right side of old heading:] Refers also to Plan of Aire 1710 VI/58; [top left, black pencil:] VI/15-a; [top, an erased note in a modern hand, black pencil:] See below CMB Oct '86; [top right, black pencil:] 68. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] II (56).
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné de la Situation d'Oudenarde, avec le Campement de l'Armée Françoise le long de l'Escaut le 5 de Nov.re 1708: par le Capitaine Bruckman Ing.r 3 feuilles avec son detail manuscrit de la Campagne de 1708. [The same entry appears under the heading Oudenarde]
Subject(s)
Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium (50°51'06"N 03°36'32"E)
Aire-sur-la-Lys, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°38'19"N 02°23'55"E)
