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 at Achel, 1746 (Achel, Flanders, Belgium) 51°15'10"N 05°28'47"E.
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:31,000 approx. | RCIN 730053.d
The march from Diessen south-east to Achel was about 30 km (18.6 miles). The encampment (Austrians, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch) extends across the heathland between Falkenswerth (Valkenswaard 51°21'03"N 05°27'35"E), a distance of about 11 km (6.8 miles).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchWatermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 532
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:31,000 approx.
18.1 x 31.7 cm (neatline)
19.0 x 32.0 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée / entre Falckenswerth et Achel le / 21: et 22: Juillet 1746. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] XII/[?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
Subject(s)
Achel (Flanders, Belgium) 51°15'10"N 05°28'47"E.
Page revisions
3 November 2024
Current version
