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 Brabant, 1746 (Belgium; North Brabant, Netherlands)
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on twelve sheets of paper, joined; dissected; laid down on linen; edged with blue silk | Scale: 1:57,300 approx. | RCIN 730004
The map extends from Antwerp (51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E) in the north-west to Herentals (51°10'35"N 04°49'56"E), and from Charleroi (50°24'40"N 04°26'40"E) in the south-west to south of Huy (50°31'08"N 05°13'58"E) in the south-east.
Condition: folded along gussets; several old tears and repairs. Verso: foxing, brown staining, water-stained patch, surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Too unwieldy to search
Condition: folded along gussets; several old tears and repairs. Verso: foxing, brown staining, water-stained patch, surface dirt
Scale: 1:57,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une lieue de Brabant [97 mm =].
175.3 x 192.2 cm (image and sheet; including gussets)
Manuscript title:
CARTE / DES OPERATIONS DE / LA CAMPAGNE DE 1746 / EN BRABANT DES TROUPES / FRANÇOISES COMMANDEÉS PAR / Mr LE Cte DE SAXE Maal / Gaal DES CAMPS ET ARMÉES DU / ROI. [bottom right, in a rococo cartouche embellished with the symbols of war, armour, cannon, drums, flanked on the right by a Roman soldier holding a shield decorated with a half sun and moon, and surmounted by an angel blowing a trumpet ]
Annotations:
George III heading: Brabant 1746 Military X/4 [bottom right, in black pencil:].
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [ink, crossed out in red pencil:] Brabant & Theatre.
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
[Title, ink:] Carte dessinée des Operations de la Campagne de 1746 en Brabant, des Troupes Françoises, commandées / par le Comte de Saxe. 12 feuilles / A Roll ... [black pencil:] 1 Table 1.st / [black pencil, in a modern hand:] Oversize / [black pencil:] X/4 [red ink:] Encampments in Brabant 1746.
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1811.
Size: 47.0 x 32.8 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Carte dessinée des Campemens et des Operations des Troupes Francoises en Brabant, commandées par le Comte de Saxe dans la Campagne de 1746. 12 feuilles.
Subject(s)
Antwerp (51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E)
Herentals (51°10'35"N 04°49'56"E)
Charleroi (50°24'40"N 04°26'40"E)
Huy (50°31'08"N 05°13'58"E)
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