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 Terheijden, 1747 (Terheijden, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°38'36"N 04°45'15"E
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on three sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:13,650. | RCIN 730186
The area covered extends from Geertruidenberg (51°42'06"N 04°52'5"E) in the north to Breda (51°35'11"N 04°46'33"E) in the south and includes the following settlements: Ter Heyde (Terheijden), Denhout (Den Hout 51°39'27"N 04°48'45"E), Made (51°40'36"N 04°47'35"E), Steelhoven (51°40'54"N 04°49'40"E), Drumelen (Drimmelen 51°42'24"N 04°48'15"E), Wagenberg (51°39'54"N 04°44'55"E), and several other unnamed settlements.
Condition: three fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: foxing, induced discolouration.
Daniel Paterson (d. 1749) (surveyor and draughtsman) [top centre, below title:] Survey'd and Drawn by D. Paterson. / October the 28th 1747.
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 716
Condition: three fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: foxing, induced discolouration
Scale: 1:13,650. Scale bar: [67 mm =] 1000 Yards.
47.5 x 112.1 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the LINES / between / BREDA and GERTRUYDENBERG, / with the Country Adjacent. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Ter Heyden 28 Oct.r 1747.
Other inscriptions: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 120. (Verso) [top, right of centre, obscured by white paper strip, ink:] Terheyde; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 51; [top, left of centre, obscured by linen, black pencil:] 2; [top, right of centre, obscured by linen, black pencil:] 2; [top, centre, obscured by linen, ink: illegible].
George III catalogue entry:
Ter Heyden A drawn Plan of the Lines at Ter-Heyden between Breda and Gertruydenberg, with the adjacent Country 1747: by D.l Paterson Eng.r 28 Oct.r 1747.
Subject(s)
Terheijden, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°38'36"N 04°45'15"E)
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