War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Encampment at Braives, 1746
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliee auprés / de Bref entre Tourine et Bonef le / 30 Juillet 1746
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:39,400 approx. | RCIN 730053.i
The march south-west from the previous camp at Waremme to Braives was about 12 km (7.4 miles). This encampment (Austrians, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch, Corps de Reserve) extends west from Braives to Boneffe (50°37'30"N 04°57'22"E), across cultivated land along the bluff of a stream valley for a distance of about 13 km (8 miles).
In: Receuil / des Camps, que l'Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu'au dernier Octob / de l'an 1746. See RCINs 730053.a-s.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the monogram VDL below
Mark, stamped: 537
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting
Scale: not stated. 1:39,400 approx.
19.6 x 33.9 cm (neatline)
20.2 x 34.4 cm (image)
24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Camp de l’Armée Alliee auprés / de Bref entre Tourine et Bonef le / 30 Juillet 1746. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XII/[?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
Subject(s)
Braives (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°37'02"N 05°07'58"E
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