Map of encampment at Nairn, 1746 (Nairn, Highland Region, Scotland, UK) 57°34'51"N 03°52'47"W

William Eyres (d. 1764) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right, inside border:] Will: Eyres Engin^r:

Subject(s)

Watermark: Horn in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the letters G R below; countermark: H R

Mark, stamped: 498

Condition: one fold line; brown staining and foxing to both sides, especially verso. Verso: induced discolouration; top left: water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: 1:10,750 approx. Scale bar: [51 mm =] 600 yards.

37.8 x 47.0 cm (neatline)

37.8 x 47.0 cm (image)

38.3 x 47.8 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

PLAN of the CAMP / at / NAIRNE 14.^th April 1746. [bottom right, in plain rectangular panel]

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment at Nairn 14 April 1746.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil, on linen:] April 14th 1746; [centre, red pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 16 [resembles a ‘5’ made into a ‘6’].

George III catalogue entry:

Encampments A drawn Plan of the Encampment of His Majesty’s Army under the command of the Duke of Cumberland at Nairn, 13.^th [sic] April 1746: by Lieut. W.^m Eyres Eng.^r [The same entry, except for the correction of the date from 13th to 14th April, appears under the heading Nairn.]

Bibliographic reference(s)

R. Whitworth, William Augustus Duke of Cumberland A life, London, 1992