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Encampment near Fochabers, 1746
PLAN of the CAMP / at / SPEY-MOUTH / 12.th April 1746
c.1746Pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen. | Scale: 1:7,125 approx. | RCIN 730014
This map shows a section of ground further to the west than RCIN 730013. Additional information includes the depiction of three outposts situated at the north-west, south-west, and north-east corners of a patch of rectangular woodland directly to the west of the encampment, and the marking of Cumberland's headquarters in the vicinity of what today (and in the 1740s according to the Military Survey of Scotland) is known as Redhall (not named on this map). It does not show the position of the Rebels on the west bank of the Spey. The configuration of Fochabers and Gordon Castle also differs. The march routes of the army are not shown.
Reproduced in Speck 1981, p.134.
Condition: one fold line; brown stains and foxing to both sides, especially verso. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; part of a linen mark stamp remains, top left.
William Eyres (d. 1764) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right, below title and scale bar:] Will: Eyres Engr:
Watermark: Horn in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the letters G R below; countermark: the letters H R
Mark, stamped: 496
Condition: one fold line; brown stains and foxing to both sides, especially verso. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; part of a linen mark stamp remains, top left
Scale: 1:7,125 approx. Scale bar: [77 mm =] 600 yards.
37.4 x 47.6 cm (neatline)
37.4 x 47.6 cm (image)
38.4 x 48.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN of the CAMP / at / SPEY-MOUTH / 12.th April 1746. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment on the River Spey 12 April 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, on linen:] 14; [centre, red pencil, obscured by linen:] 14; [bottom right, black pencil, on linen:] April 12 1746
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments A drawn Plan of the Encampment of H. M.’s Army under the command of the Duke of Cumberland at Spey Mouth, 12.th April 1746, by Lieut. Wm.m Eyres Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Spey.]
Subject(s)
Fochabers (Moray District, Scotland, UK) 57°36'49"N 03°05'44"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
W.A. Speck, The Butcher: The Duke of Cumberland and the Suppression of the '45, Oxford, 1981, p.134
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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