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 Meeffe, 1746 (Meeffe, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°36'24"N 05°01'03"E
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:29,400 approx. | RCIN 730053.j
The campsite (Austrian, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch, Corps de Reserve) covers about 10 km (6.2 miles) of ground to the west of Meeffe.
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-HesseArmy-DutchWatermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 538
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:29,400 approx.
19.6 x 33.9 cm (neatline)
20.3 x 34.6 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée / auprés de Montignÿ entre Meffle / et le Bois de Longchamp le 1,,e Aoust / 1746. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/[?]. (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)
Meeffe (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°36'24"N 05°01'03"E
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