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Map of the Battle of Aughrim, 1691 (Aughrim, Connaught, Ireland) 53°17ʹ42ʺN 08°18ʹ43ʺW
c.1752Pen, pencil, ink and grey wash and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:7,200 | RCIN 724051.b
The date of 1752 for the execution of this map is taken from the entry in the old catalogue. This information may have come from the catalogues of Cumberland's collection, which no longer exist.
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-M, to the positions of the camps, defence positions, routes taken by the Williamite army and other events during the battle.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, discolouration resulting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Eyres (active 1744- d.1761) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title and text panel:] Will Eyres
Subject(s)
Army-EnglandArmy-IrelandWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield with a crown above, the letters WR suspended by a ‘4’ below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 37
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre, discolouration resulting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:7,200. Scale bar: Scale of 200 yards to an Inch [127 mm =] 1000.
51.2 x 72.0 cm (image and neatline)
53.2 x 74.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN OF THE BATTLE / of / AUGHRIM 12. Iuly 1691. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-M, to the positions of the camps, defence positions, routes taken by the Williamite army and other events during the battle.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Aghrim 12 July 1691.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, possibly related to the microfilming, of fiche:] 1/3 sec; [along left of centre fold, ink:] Plan of the Battle of Aughrim.; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, ?in Schultz's hand:] 38; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] 6; [bottom, right of centre, underneath current numbering, black pencil:] 52.
George III catalogue entry:
Aghrim A drawn Plan of the Battle of Aughrim, 12 July 1691; by W. Eyres, 1752.
Subject(s)
Aughrim, Connaught, Ireland (53°17ʹ42ʺN 08°18ʹ43ʺW)
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