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 the Battle of Eckeren, 1703 (Ekeren, Flanders, Belgium) 51°16'51"N 04°25'05"E
published 1712Etched and engraved map and letterpress text printed on the same sheet of paper | Scale: not stated.1:48,000 approx. | RCIN 725025
Wilmerdonck is to the west of Ekeren and is now under the 1960s port development of Antwerp; the place-name is preserved in the 'Torenkerk Wilmarsdonk' at about 51°16'32"N 04°22'31"E, and the ‘Wilmarsdonksteenweg’.
Additional text: [below map, letterpress text:] PLAN / De la Bataille de Wilmerdonck près d’Eeckeren donnée le 30. Juin 1703. entre les Armées des Haut-Alliés & des deux Couronnes ... [followed by an long explanatory key, A-I, K-T, V-BB, to the map.] A BRUXELLES, Chez EUGENE HENRY FRICX, Imprimeur de sa Majesté. 1712.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Frederick Thomas Ivoy (1663-1727) (surveyor)
Jacques Harrewyn (1660-1727) (engraver)
Fricx: Rue de la Magdaleine, Brussels (Eugène Henri Fricx (January 1644-18 December 1730)) (publisher) [[bottom left, following on from title, in title cartouche:] Dessiné sur le lieu par Mons.r Ivoy Quartier Maistre General des Troupes des Provinces Unies. / A Bruxelles / Chez Eugene Henry Fricx Rue / de la Madeleine. / Harrewyn fecit.]
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-SpainArmy-DutchWatermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IP
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated.1:48,000 approx.
30.0 x 43.1 cm (image and neatline of map)
30.4 x 43.7 cm (platemark)
56.3 x 48.2 cm (sheet)
18.8 x 44.8 cm (image of text)
Printed title:
PLAN / De la Bataille d’Eeckeren donnée entre l’Armée des / Hauts Alliés et des deux Couronnes entre Muysebroeck, / Wilmerdonck et Orderen le 30. Juin 1703. sous le / Commandement du General Obdam. [bottom left, in cartouche representing a stone plinth with fallen standards around the base]
Additional text:
[below map, letterpress text:] PLAN / De la Bataille de Wilmerdonck près d’Eeckeren donnée le 30. Juin 1703. entre les Armées des Haut-Alliés & des deux Couronnes ... [followed by an long explanatory key, A-I, K-T, V-BB, to the map.] A BRUXELLES, Chez EUGENE HENRY FRICX, Imprimeur de sa Majesté. 1712.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Eeckeren 30 June 1703.
Other annotations: (Recto) [in engraved title panel, following imprint, ink:] 1703. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 4; [top left, ink, in Schultz's hand?]: Netherlands b.; [top, right of centre, black pencil:] B of Eeckeren June 30 1703; [top right, ink:] D.[?3.]; [top right, ink, erased:] an illegible number; [top right, black pencil:] 25.; [right centre, red pencil:] 4.
George III catalogue entry:
Eeckeren Plan de la Bataille d'Eekeren donnée entre l'Armée des Hauts Alliés et des deux Couronnes, entre Muysebroeck, Wilmerdonck et Orderen, le 30 Juin 1703, sous le commandement du General Obdam; par M.r Ivoy, avec une Relation, chez Friex, 1712.
Subject(s)
Ekeren, Flanders, Belgium (51°16'51"N 04°25'05"E)
