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 Berleghem, 1744 (Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium) 50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | Scale: 1:15,600 approx. | RCIN 729017
The regiments are not named; the units are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow).
Additional text: [top right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K, L, to places and dispositions of the British and Hanoverian troops and artillery:] Explication des Lettres de ce / Plan.
Condition: seven fold lines; formerly folded to 11.9 x 7.0 cm. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HanoverWatermark: Pro Patria; countermark: GR
Mark, stamped: 364
Condition: seven fold lines; formerly folded to 11.9 x 7.0 cm. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:15,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1500 Pas commúns [78 mm =].
24.6 x 35.5 cm (image and neatline)
31.3 x 40.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement des Troupes Brittan= / niques & Hannoveriennes à / Beirleghem 2.me Juin 1744. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Explication des Lettres de ce / Plan. [top right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K, L, to places and dispositions of the British and Hanoverian troops and artillery]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Berleghem 2 June 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 8/25; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] IX/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Berleghem Plan dessiné du Campement des Troupes Britanniques et Hannoveriennes a Berleghem, le 2 Juin 1744.
Subject(s)
Beerlegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'21"N 03°43'01"E)
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