War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Encampment at Harelbeke, 1706
Plan / du Camp des Alliez / Commandes par son / Altesse Monseigneur Le / Duc de Marleborough / à Harlebeck, depuis le 6me / jusq’au 11 Juliet. 1706
1706 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:17,000 approx. | RCIN 725077
The encampment extends from Courtray (Kortrijk 50°49'40"N 03°15'53"E) in the south-west, running north-east to Harlebeck (Harelbeke), turning east to Derlick (Deerlijk 50°51'12"N 03°21'15"E)
Additional text: [across bottom of map, a list of named regiments, numbered, 1-98, according to their position on the map:] Ordre / de Battaille.
Condition: one fold line; pin holes along edges. Verso: induced discolouration; some foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 105
Condition: one fold line; pin holes along edges. Verso: induced discolouration; some foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:17,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1000 Pas Commune [48 mm =].
30.0 x 45.1 cm (neatline)
36.0 x 46.0 cm (image)
39.4 x 50.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / du Camp des Alliez / Commandes par son / Altesse Monseigneur Le / Duc de Marleborough / à Harlebeck, depuis le 6me / jusq’au 11 Juliet. 1706. [bottom right]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, a list of named regiments, numbered, 1-98, according to their position on the map:] Ordre / de Battaille.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Haerlebeke 6-11 July 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 34; [bottom left, along left edge, ink, obscured by linen:] Harlibeck le 6-11 juillet 1706; [top left, ink, obscured by linen, in Schultz's hand?]: Netherlands; [top left, ink, crossed out in black pencil, obscured by linen:] 11; [centre, red pencil:] 34.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp des Alliés commandés par le Duc de Marlborough a Harlebeck, depuis le 6 jusqu'au 11 de Juillet 1706. [The same entry appears under the heading Haerlebeke.]
Subject(s)
Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium (50°51'12"N 03°18'33"E)
