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 Zonhoven, 1747
1747 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 730126
The area covered extends from Hauthalen (Houthalen 51°02'03"N 05°22'27"E) in the north to Hasselt (50°55'51"N 05°20'16"E), and Curingen (Kuringen 50°56'39"N 05°17'56"E) in the south, and from Herckenrode (Herkenrode 50°57'00"N 05°16'00"E) Abbey in the west to Dippenbeck (Diepenbeek 50°54'27"N 05°25'07"E) in the east. Heathland is annotated Bruyeres.
Condition: two fold lines; trimmed after being laid down on linen; some foxing on verso.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Countermark: L V G
Mark, stamped: 619
Condition: two fold lines; trimmed after being laid down on linen; some foxing on verso
Scale: not stated. Not to scale.
18.7 x 30.8 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Zonhoven 27 - 29 June 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 36; [top right, black pencil:] 98. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] VII/21; [top left, black pencil:] XIII/34-6; [top left, ink, obscured by linen:] 98; [top, right of centre, ink, obscured by linen:] Plan / d'une Camp sur les bruyeres / près Hasselt a Zonhoven / &c. 26. Juin 1747; [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil and obscured by a white paper strip:] Zonhoven.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Sketch of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Zonhoven from the 27.th to the 29.th of June 1747.
Subject(s)
Zonhoven (Flanders, Belgium) 50°59'26"N 05°22'05"E
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