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
Incampment / of His Majesties Brit= / tish and Electoral Troops / at Anderlecht near Brussells / the 14:th May N:S: 1744
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:35,300 approx. | RCIN 729011
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)
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