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 Brussels and Willebroek, 1745 (Brussels, Belgium) 50°51'01"N 04°20'55"E; (Willebroek, Flanders, Belgium) 51°03'37"N 04°21'36"E
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on five sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:25,400 approx. | RCIN 729137
Additional text: [bottom, below map in eight rectangular panels, a key, A-I, K-P, to the positions and fortifications.]
Condition: verso: some ink smudges.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Indistinct: figure in double circle
Mark, stamped: 468
Condition: verso: some ink smudges
Scale: 1:25,400 approx. Scale bar: Echelle des deux Mille pas [64 mm =].
24.3 x 107.2 cm (neatline)
31.0 x 108.0 cm (image)
31.2 x 108.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN du Canal qui vat de Bruxelles jusque dans la / Ruppel avec la Situation entre la Senne et du Canal dans lequel / est marqué le Campement qu on a prèt du 14 Jul 1745 comme aussi / les Retranchements fait le long du Canal. [top, left of centre, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map in eight rectangular panels, a key, A-I, K-P, to the positions and fortifications.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Brussels 14 July 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [below title, some words have been scraped off.] (Verso) [bottom left, ink:] Canal of Brussels.
George III catalogue entry:
Brussels Plan dessiné du Canal entre Bruxelles et la Ruppel, avec le Campement qu'on a prit le 14 Juillet 1745, et les Retranchements faits le long du Canal.
Subject(s)
Brussels, Belgium (50°51'01"N 04°20'55"E)
Willebroek, Flanders, Belgium (51°03'37"N 04°21'36"E)
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