Nicolas Lacaille missed this bright globular and Dunlop saw it as "A pretty large and very bright nebula, 5’ or 6’ diameter, irregular round figure, easily resolved into a cluster of small stars, exceedingly compressed at the centre. The bright part at the centre is occasioned by a group of stars of some considerable magnitude when compared with those of the nebula. I am inclined to think that this may be two clusters in the same line; the bright part is a little south of the centre of the large nebula."
This image of D295 = NGC6752 was taken by Michael Samerski (smersh):
http://www.metronome-trading.com/me/ngc_6752.htm
NGC 6752 is only 3.8 degrees north of NGC 6744.
Both are visible in Roger Groom's (rogerg) image:
http://content.rogergroom.com/cms/000775.jpg