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
Encampment at Harzé, 1746
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée entre Harzez et / la Riviere d’Ourte le 2: et 3: septembre 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:36,400 approx. | RCIN 730053.m
The march north-eastwards from the previous camp at Ocquier was about 13 km (8 miles). This campsite (Austrian, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch) extends from Harzé westwards to Hamoir (50°25'36"N 05°31'58"E), a distance of about 10 km (6.2 miles).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 541
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:36,400 approx.
18.9 x 32.8 cm (neatline)
19.4 x 33.3 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée entre Harzez et / la Riviere d’Ourte le 2: et 3: septembre 1746. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/43[?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
Subject(s)
Harze (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°26'28"N 05°40'01"E
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