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 near Anderlecht and Brussels, 1744 (Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium) 50°50'10"N 04°18'52"E; (Belgium) 50°51'01"N 04°20'55"E
1744 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: 1:14,700 approx. | RCIN 729012
The British encampment (coloured in red) extends from Itterbecke (Itterbeek, 50°50'16"N 04°14'58"E) and Dilbecke (Dilbeek, 50°50'52"N 04°15'35"E) in the west to Anderlecht in the east, and the Hanoverian encampment (coloured in yellow) extends northwards from Anderlecht.
Additional text: [top left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-D, to the English and Hanoverian troops and artillery dispositions:] Explication des Lettres de ce / Plan.
Condition: formerly much folded, down to 11.2 x 7.2 cm; two sets of fold lines, indicating re-folding; worn along outer folds; the acid from the ink has bitten into the left margin, causing part of the margin to come away.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HanoverWatermark: Horn in shield, crown above, the letters GR below; countermark: the letters HR
Mark, stamped: 361
Condition: formerly much folded, down to 11.2 x 7.2 cm; two sets of fold lines, indicating re-folding; worn along outer folds; the acid from the ink has bitten into the left margin, causing part of the margin to come away
Scale: 1:14,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1500 Pas communs [83 mm =].
36.8 x 35.8 cm (image and neatline)
38.0 x 35.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement prés de / Brusells le 14:me May N:S: 1744. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Explication des Lettres de ce / Plan. [top left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-D, to the English and Hanoverian troops and artillery dispositions]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Anderlecht 14 May 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 8/18; [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] IX/[?]; [top left, black pencil, erased:] Anderlecht.
George III catalogue entry:
Anderlecht Plan dessiné du Campement (a Anderlecht) pres de Bruxelles, le 14 May 1744. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium (50°50'10"N 04°18'52"E)
Belgium (50°51'01"N 04°20'55"E)
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