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 Louvain, Vlierbeek, Bierbeek, Terbank and Bethlem, 1705 (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);
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:30,000 approx. | RCIN 725051
The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds. This map would probably have been copied by him from an earlier map, while he was on duty in Flanders with the Duke of Cumberland's army in the 1740s during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Information about past camps and marches would have been directly relevant to logistical planning during the later war.
Additional text: [across bottom, in rectangular panel, a key, A-H, K, to the positions of the Allied and French armies, Marlborough's and Ouwerkerk's quarters, and the British, Dutch and French artillery. Another key, a-i, k-z, three symbols, 1-127, lists the names of the encamped regiments of the Allied army:] Explanation.
Condition: one fold line; top right and bottom right corners diagonally cut; three small tears along bottom edge have been repaired with paper strips pasted to verso. Verso: induced discolouration.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-SpainArmy-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Army-FranceWatermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 90
Condition: one fold line; top right and bottom right corners diagonally cut; three small tears along bottom edge have been repaired with paper strips pasted to verso. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:30,000 approx. Scale bar: A Scale of 4000. common Paces. [102 mm =].
29.5 x 41.4 cm (neatline)
34.4 x 41.8 cm (image)
37.2 x 45.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN / of the INCAMPMENTS of / the ARMIES of the ALLIES at / Vlierbeek, / And of the FRENCH & SPANIARDS / at Löven, / the 19:th of July, 1705. / with / PART of the adjacent COUNTRY. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[across bottom, in rectangular panel, a key, A-H, K, to the positions of the Allied and French armies, Marlborough's and Ouwerkerk's quarters, and the British, Dutch and French artillery. Another key, a-i, k-z, three symbols, 1-127, lists the names of the encamped regiments of the Allied army:] Explanation.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Vlierbeek and Betlehem 19 July 1705.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, erased, partly legible:] V/[?]. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] Duplicate; [bottom left, black pencil, cropped:] II/2[?]; [top left, ink, in Schultz's hand?:] Netherlands; [top left, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil then erased:] B.a [further annotations cropped]; [top left, black pencil, erased and cropped:] V/[?]; [top right, black pencil, erased:] 3 [and, black pencil, erased:] Betlehem.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampments of the Armies of the Allies at Vlierbeek, and of the French and Spaniards at (Betlehem near) Louvain, the 19.th of July 1705: with part of the adjacent country. [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)
Terbank, Flanders, Belgium (50°52'24"N 04°40'18"E)
Bethlem/Bethlehem; now part of Herent, Flanders, Belgium (50°54'31"N 04°40'14"E)
