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 Diegem, 1745 (Diegem, Flanders, Belgium) 50°53'50"N 04°26'00"E
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:12,800 approx. | RCIN 729141
The map is bounded, on the west (top) by the Brussels Canal (here called the ‘Canal d'Anvers’), and on the east (bottom) by the Chaussée de Louvain, and extends from Melsbroeck (Melsbroek 50°54'56"N 04°28'47"E) in the north to Brussels in the south, a distance of about 5 km (3.1 miles).
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-B, to the positions of the first camp of the Foot Guards and the Scottish Highlanders, and their second camp, made to provide cover for Cumberland's headquarters.]
Condition: one fold line; small tears to edges, one repaired with white paper; top margin becoming detached as a result of the acid in the ink eating through the paper. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt along left edge; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
R Robinson (active 1745) (draughtsman) [bottom left, below border:] R. Robinson delin.t
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 472
Condition: one fold line; small tears to edges, one repaired with white paper; top margin becoming detached as a result of the acid in the ink eating through the paper. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt along left edge; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:12,800 approx. Scale bar: [95 mm =] 1500 Pas communs.
32.1 x 57.2 cm (neatline)
33.2 x 57.8 cm (image)
34.5 x 59.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan du Campement de L'Armée / Alliée à Diegem Commandée / par S.A.R. Le Duc de / Cumberland le 15.e Juillet N:S. / 1745. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-B, to the positions of the first camp of the Foot Guards and the Scottish Highlanders, and their second camp, made to provide cover for Cumberland's headquarters.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Dieghem 15 July 1745.
Other annotations: (Recot) [top right, black pencil:] 53. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 30; [top right, black pencil:] 53 / C..; [right centre, red pencil:] 30.
George III catalogue entry:
Dieghem Plan dessiné du Campement de l'Armée Alliée a Dieghem commandée par le Duc de Cumberland, le 15 Juillet 1745: par R. Robinson. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Diegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°53'50"N 04°26'00"E)
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