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 the encampment of the Allied army at Westmalle, 1747 (Westmalle, Flanders, Belgium) 51°17'51"N 04°41'24"E
c.1747Ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on two pieces of linen sewn together | Scale: 1:12,000 approx. | RCIN 730103
None of the individual regiments is shown or named; they are amalgamated in groups and are coloured according to nationality: British (red); Austrians (green); Hanoverians (light yellow); Dutch (dark yellow); Hessians (pale blue). The area covered extends from Brecht (51°21'00"N 04°38'17"E) and St Lenaert (Sint-Lenaarts 51°20'55"N 04°40'48"E) in the north to St Antoine (Sint-Antonius 51°16'00"N 04°38'19"E) in the south-west and Zoersel (51°16'05"N 04°42'46"E) in the south.
Condition: five fold lines; ink border smudged. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Eyres (d. 1764) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right of title panel:] Will: Eyres Eng.r.
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchWatermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 597
Condition: five fold lines; ink border smudged. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:12,000 approx. Scale bar: [76 mm =] 1000 yards.
35.5 x 52.0 cm (neatline)
35.5 x 52.0 cm (image)
37.0 x 53.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
April 27: to May 14: 1747. / Sketch of the Encampment of / the Allied / ARMY. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Westmalle 27 April - 14 May 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 3[?8 or s]; [above title in title box, ink, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] April 27: to May 14: 1747. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 7; [top right, ink crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Westmael; [centre, red pencil:] 7.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Westmalle fron the 27.th of April to the 14.th of May 1747: by W.m Eyres Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Westmalle.]
Subject(s)
Westmalle (Flanders, Belgium) 51°17'51"N 04°41'24"E
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