War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Louvain, Vlierbeek, Bierbeek, Terbank and Bethlem, 1705
A PLAN of the Confederate Incampment at / VLIERBEEK Ab: and BIERBECK Bar: / and that of the Enemy at BETLEHEM / and TERBANK near LOVAIN / 19. Iuly 1705
1705 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:22,600 approx. | RCIN 725050
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the camps of Marlborough and Overkirk [Hendrik van Nassau, Heer van Ouwerkerk (1640-1708)], the two trains of artillery and the camps and artillery of the French and Spanish:] Explanation.
Condition: six fold lines; worn along folds; a small tear on left edge repaired with paper strip pasted to verso before being laid down on linen. Verso: bottom left, a water-stained patch from removal of Cumberland's cipher label; considerably cut down: only a corner of the shadow of the old cipher label remains.
A Spencer (active 1705 or 1745) (draughtsman) [bottom right, below scale statement:] ASpencer.
Watermark: A horn in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below
Mark, stamped: 89
Condition: six fold lines; worn along folds; a small tear on left edge repaired with paper strip pasted to verso before being laid down on linen. Verso: bottom left, a water-stained patch from removal of Cumberland's cipher label; considerably cut down: only a corner of the shadow of the old cipher label remains
Scale: 1:22,600 approx. Scale bar: An English Mile [71 mm =].
33.4 x 43.6 cm (image and neatline)
33.8 x 44.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN of the Confederate Incampment at / VLIERBEEK Ab: and BIERBECK Bar: / and that of the Enemy at BETLEHEM / and TERBANK near LOVAIN / 19. Iuly 1705. [top centre, in cartouche representing draped material]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-E, to the camps of Marlborough and Overkirk [Hendrik van Nassau, Heer van Ouwerkerk (1640-1708)], the two trains of artillery and the camps and artillery of the French and Spanish:] Explanation.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Vlierbeek and Betlehem 19 July 1705.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, cropped:] [19 July] 1705. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, ink, obscured by linen:] July 24 1705; [bottom left, black pencil:] II/20; [top, left of centre, ink, obscured by linen:] 2; [right centre, red pencil:] 20.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Confederate Encampment at Vlierbeek and Bierbeck, and that of the Enemy at Bethlehem and Terbank near Louvain, the 19.th July 1705: by A. Spencer. [The same entry appears under the headings Betlehem and Vlierbeek.]
Subject(s)
Leuven, Flanders, Belgium (50°52'46"N 04°42'03"E)
just west of Linden, Flanders, Belgium (50°53'41"N 04°46'13"E)
Bierbeek, Flanders, Belgium (50°49'43"N 04°45'34"E)
Bethlem/Bethlehem; now part of Herent, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'31"N 04°40'14"E)