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 Borgloon, 1746 (Borgloon, Flanders, Belgium) 50°48'18"N 05°20'37"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:41,700 approx. | RCIN 730053.g
The march from the previous camp at Zonhoven to Borgloon was about 20 km (12.4 miles). The camp (Austrians, English, Hanoverians, Hessians, Dutch and Corps de Reserve) extends over enclosed and cultivated land from Vellern (Wellen 50°50'27"N 05°20'19"E) in the north to Bommershoven (50°47'14"N 05°22'44"E).
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-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 535
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:41,700 approx.
19.3 x 28.6 cm (neatline)
19.7 x 29.1 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés / Borglohn entre Vellen et Sterbmüh= / =le depuis le 27: jusqu’au 29: Juillet 1746. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/43h. (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)
Borgloon (Flanders, Belgium) 50°48'18"N 05°20'37"E
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