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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 near Anderlecht and Brussels, 1744

Incampment / of His Majesties Brit= / tish and Electoral Troops / at Anderlecht near Brussells / the 14:th May N:S: 1744

1744 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:35,300 approx. | RCIN 729011

A map of the British and Hanoverian encampments near Anderlecht, 14 May 1744. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with south-west to top. In the same hand as RCINs 729012, 729014, 729017, 729020-22, 729030, 729037-8, 729047-58.

The British encampment (coloured in red) extends from Itterbecke (Itterbeek, 50°50'16"N 04°14'58"E) and Dilbecke (Dilbeek, 50°50'52"N 04°15'35"E) in the west to Anderlecht in the east, and the Hanoverian encampment (coloured in yellow) extends northwards from Anderlecht.

Condition: formerly much folded; worn with surface dirt along fold lines; laid down on linen and then trimmed; foxing. Verso: bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; induced discolouration; brown staining.
  • Anonymous (cartographer)

  • Watermark: Indistinct; countermark: IV

    Mark, stamped: 360

    Condition: formerly much folded; worn with surface dirt along fold lines; laid down on linen and then trimmed; foxing. Verso: bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; induced discolouration; brown staining

  • Scale: not stated. 1:35,300 approx.

    34.5 x 37.1 cm (neatline)

    35.5 x 38.0 cm (image)

    36.3 x 38.8 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    Incampment / of His Majesties Brit= / tish and Electoral Troops / at Anderlecht near Brussells / the 14:th May N:S: 1744. [bottom right in irregularly-shaped panel]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment at Anderlecht 14 May 1744.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 11; [there are several pencil annotations over the face of the map where detail and information has been inserted at a later, though more or less contemporary, date]. (Verso) [centre, red pencil:] 32; [top right, black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 11.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Anderlecht A drawn Plan of the Encampment of H.M. British and Electoral Troops at Anderlecht near Brussels, 14 May 1774 [sic]. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]

  • Subject(s)

    Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium (50°50'10"N 04°18'52"E)

    Belgium (50°51'01"N 04°20'55"E)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024