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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

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      Encampment at Peer, 1746

      Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés / de Peer entre Grand Brügel et / Meuven le 23: et 24: Juillet 1746

      1746 or later

      Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:21,000 approx. | RCIN 730053.e

      A map of the encampment of the Allied army under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine at Peer, 23-24 July 1746. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west to top.

      The march from Achel south to Grand Brügel (Grote-Brogel 51°09'10"N 05°30'21"N), north-east of Peer, was about 11 km (6.8 miles). The campsite (Austrians, English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch) occupied about 7 km (4.3 miles) on the ground between Meuven (Meeuwen 51°05'56"N 05°31'15"E) and Grand Brügel (Grote-Brogel).

      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

        Mark, stamped: 533

        Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting

      • Scale: not stated. 1:21,000 approx.

        19.5 x 30.9 cm (neatline)

        19.9 x 31.4 cm (image)

        24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)

      • Manuscript title:

        Le Camp de l’Armée Alliée auprés / de Peer entre Grand Brügel et / Meuven le 23: et 24: Juillet 1746. [bottom right, in a 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)

        Peer (Flanders, Belgium) 51°07'49"N 05°27'34"E

      Page revisions

      • 14 March 2024