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
Map of encampment near Waalwijk and Loon op Zand, 1748 (Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°40'57"N 05°04'15"E; (Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°37'39"N 05°04'30"E
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:28,000 approx. | RCIN 731044
Waalwijk is about 12 km (7.4 miles) west of 's-Hertogenbosch (51°41'57"N 05°18'15"E). The Dutch army in this encampment included troops from Hesse, Bavaria, Würtzburg, Hesse-Cassel, Saxe-Gotha, Wolfenbüttel, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Scotland. Drawn in a continental hand. Enclosed, cultivated ground is distinguished from open moorland; roads are coloured sepia and given direction annotations: ‘à Breda’, ‘de Capelle à Tilburg’, ‘de Heusden’, ‘de Bois le Duc’. The encampments are situated on the moorland, surrounded by cultivated land which would provide foraging, and extend across about 4 km.
Additional text: [top right, in rectangular panel below title, a key, 1-23, to the regiments of the first and second lines. Below the key, in another rectangular panel, the note:] Le Quartiér General, du Comte Moritz de Nassau / est à Waalwÿck, les autres Generals / Hollandois à Waalwÿck et Sprang. Le Quartiér de General Hessois à Loon opt Zant.
Condition: one fold line.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-DutchArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-BavarianWatermark: Indistinct
Mark, stamped: 758
Condition: one fold line
Scale: 1:28,000 approx. Scale bar: [58 mm =] 2000 pas.
26.9 x 34.3 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title
PLAN Du Camp de l’Armée Hollandois / prés de Waalwÿck et Loon opt-Zant / occupée le 30me Aout 1748. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top right, in rectangular panel below title, a key, 1-23, to the regiments of the first and second lines. Below the key, in another rectangular panel, the note:] Le Quartiér General, du Comte Moritz de Nassau / est à Waalwÿck, les autres Generals / Hollandois à Waalwÿck et Sprang. Le Quartiér de General Hessois à Loon opt Zant.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Waalwick 30 Aug.t 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 12/45. [top left, black pencil:] XIV/45.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp de l’Armée Hollandoise pres de Waalwyck et Loon opt Zand, occupé le 30 Aout 1748. [The same entry appears under the heading Waalwyck.]
Subject(s)
Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°40'57"N 05°04'15"E)
Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°37'39"N 05°04'30"E)
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