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 Gilze, 1746 (Gilze, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°32'39"N 04°56'25"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:35,000 approx. | RCIN 730053.b
The encampment of the Austrians, Hanoverians, English, and Hessians extend over 7 km (4.3 miles) of heathland between Gilze and Schneiders Kan (Snijders-Chaam 51°31'45"N 04°51'15"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-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseWatermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 530
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:35,000 approx.
17.7 x 30.3 cm (neatline)
18.1 x 30.7 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés d’ / Ypelaer entre Bavel et Gilse le 17 et 18: Juillet / 1746. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil, partly erased:] XII/43a. (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)
Gilze (North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°32'39"N 04°56'25"E
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