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 near Anderlecht and Brussels, 1744
Campement prés de / Brusells le 14:me May N:S: 1744
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: 1:14,700 approx. | RCIN 729012
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.
Additional text: [top left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-D, to the English and Hanoverian troops and artillery dispositions:] Explication des Lettres de ce / Plan.
Condition: formerly much folded, down to 11.2 x 7.2 cm; two sets of fold lines, indicating re-folding; worn along outer folds; the acid from the ink has bitten into the left margin, causing part of the margin to come away.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Horn in shield, crown above, the letters GR below; countermark: the letters HR
Mark, stamped: 361
Condition: formerly much folded, down to 11.2 x 7.2 cm; two sets of fold lines, indicating re-folding; worn along outer folds; the acid from the ink has bitten into the left margin, causing part of the margin to come away
Scale: 1:14,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1500 Pas communs [83 mm =].
36.8 x 35.8 cm (image and neatline)
38.0 x 35.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement prés de / Brusells le 14:me May N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Explication des Lettres de ce / Plan. [top left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-D, to the English and Hanoverian troops and artillery dispositions]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Anderlecht 14 May 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 8/18; [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] IX/[?]; [top left, black pencil, erased:] Anderlecht.
George III catalogue entry:
Anderlecht Plan dessiné du Campement (a Anderlecht) pres de Bruxelles, le 14 May 1744. [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)
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