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
Antwerp and Fort Lillo, 1748
PLAN DEPVIS / LE FORT LILLO JVSQVES A / VN QVART DE LIEVE AVDEssous / D’ANVERS. 1748
1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:79,300 approx. | RCIN 731003
The cartographer appears to have shown the coastline as it appears at low tide, with mudflats being represented by a red wash with black stippling. An old fortified line to the north-east of Antwerp is annotated to indicate that it has been repaired. Small settlements to the north are annotated with the names of the French regiments and the number of troops billetted there.
[Bottom left, following on from title, in title cartouche:] LEVÉ TRES EXACTEment / sur les lieux auec une partie des Batteaux de Monsieur le / Marechal de Louwendal. Fait le 25 feurier 1748.
Condition: five fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark; Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, suspending a ‘4’
Mark, stamped: 718
Condition: five fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt
Scale: 1:79,300 approx. [bottom left, in title cartouche:] ECHELLE dune Lieues [156 mm =].
41.4 x 49.0 cm (neatline)
42.3 x 49.6 cm (image)
44.5 x 51.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN DEPVIS / LE FORT LILLO JVSQVES A / VN QVART DE LIEVE AVDEssous / D’ANVERS. 1748. [bottom left, in decorative cartouche of leaves and scrolls]
Additional text:
[Bottom left, following on from title, in title cartouche:] LEVÉ TRES EXACTEment / sur les lieux auec une partie des Batteaux de Monsieur le / Marechal de Louwendal. Fait le 25 feurier 1748.
Annotations:
George III heading: Antwerp 25 Feb.y 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] Envers & Lillo - 14 [and] [a] CXXVII; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] 14 [and an indistinct, underlined word]; [right of centre, red pencil:] 62; [bottom right, black pencil, indistinct]; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 15; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 6[1].
George III catalogue entry:
Antwerp Plan dessiné des Environs d'Anvers, avec une partie des Bateaux du Marechal de Louwendahl, le 25 Fevrier 1748.
Subject(s)
Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium (51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E)
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