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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

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      Encampment at Ocquier, 1746

      Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés d’ / Ocquiere entre le meme village et Paÿ le 1,,e / septembre 1746

      1746 or later

      Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:33,000 approx. | RCIN 730053.l

      A map of the encampment of the Allied army, under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine, at Ocquier, 1 September 1746. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north to top.

      The distance from the previous camp at Filée, near Libois, is about 16 km (10 miles). The encampment (Austrian, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch) extends across cultivated land for a distance of about 10 km (6.2 miles), between Ocquier and Paije (Pailhe 50°25'24"N 05°15'32"E).

      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. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
      • Anonymous (cartographer)

      • Watermark: C & I HONIG

        Mark, stamped: 540

        Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting

      • Scale: not stated. 1:33,000 approx.

        19.8 x 30.3 cm (neatline)

        20.2 x 30.8 cm (image)

        24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)

      • Manuscript title:

        Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés d’ / Ocquiere entre le meme village et Paÿ le 1,,e / septembre 1746. [top 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)

        Ocquier (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°23'44"N 05°23'38"E

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      • 14 March 2024