War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Map of encampment at Meldert, 1707 (Meldert, Flanders, Belgium) 50°47'17"N 04°50'15"E
1707 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:42,000 approx. | RCIN 725096.a
The encampment extends from Tourinnes-la-Grosse [not named] (50°46'58"N 04°44'39"E) in the west, to Haugaerde (Hoegaarden 50°46'32"N 04°53'22"E) in the east. The map is unfinished; there is no lettering except for four place-names at the left (east) edge; the town of Tirlemont (Tienen 50°48'26"N 04°56'16"E) is indicated in the bottom left corner.
Condition: one fold line; two crease lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Watermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 116
Condition: one fold line; two crease lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:42,000 approx.
32.6 x 51.0 cm (neatline)
33.1 x 51.7 cm (image)
35.0 x 52.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment of the Allied Army at Meldert 30 May 1707.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, cropped and illegible]. (Verso) [along left edge, black pencil, cropped and partly legible:] [?] May 20t 1706; [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] 4 [and:] II/[?]5-b [and:] 58; [along right edge, black pencil, cropped and partly legible:] [?] the [2]0th of May [and, crossed out in black pencil:] 1756; [bottom right, ink, in Schultz's hand?:] Netherlands.; [bottom right, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] B.a. 10.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Meldert, 30.th May 1707. [The same entry occurs under the heading Meldert.]
Subject(s)
Meldert, Flanders, Belgium (50°47'17"N 04°50'15"E)
