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 paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:35,300 approx. | RCIN 729011
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.
Condition: formerly much folded; worn with surface dirt along fold lines; laid down on linen and then trimmed; foxing. Verso: bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; induced discolouration; brown staining.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HanoverWatermark: Indistinct; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 360
Condition: formerly much folded; worn with surface dirt along fold lines; laid down on linen and then trimmed; foxing. Verso: bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; induced discolouration; brown staining
Scale: not stated. 1:35,300 approx.
34.5 x 37.1 cm (neatline)
35.5 x 38.0 cm (image)
36.3 x 38.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Incampment / of His Majesties Brit= / tish and Electoral Troops / at Anderlecht near Brussells / the 14:th May N:S: 1744. [bottom right in irregularly-shaped panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Anderlecht 14 May 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 11; [there are several pencil annotations over the face of the map where detail and information has been inserted at a later, though more or less contemporary, date]. (Verso) [centre, red pencil:] 32; [top right, black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 11.
George III catalogue entry:
Anderlecht A drawn Plan of the Encampment of H.M. British and Electoral Troops at Anderlecht near Brussels, 14 May 1774 [sic]. [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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