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Plan of camp at Cullen, 1746 (Cullen, Moray District, Scotland, UK) 57°41'25"N 02°49'05"W
c.1746Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:5,350 approx. | RCIN 730012
One of a suite of manuscript maps showing the campsites along the route of the march of Cumberland's army towards Culloden. Cumberland's headquarters are marked at Cullen House, and the main part of the army bestrides the old road from Banff, on Gallows Hill (not named) on what are now the outskirts of the new town of Cullen. The separate roads taken by the first and second columns of march, and the bridged and forded crossing points of the Burn of Cullen (not named) are indicated.
Condition: one fold line; brown stains and foxing to both sides, especially on verso. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Eyres (d. 1764) (draughtsman and surveyor) [bottom right, inside border:] Will: Eyres Engin.r
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Horn in a shield, crown above, the letters G R below; countermark: the letters H [?R]
Mark, stamped: 494
Condition: one fold line; brown stains and foxing to both sides, especially on verso. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:5,350 approx. Scale bar: [77 mm =] 450 yards.
37.7 x 47.4 cm (neatline)
37.7 x 47.4 cm (image)
38.4 x 48.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the CAMP / at / CULLEN 11th April 1746.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Cullen 11 April 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil]: VIII/11. (Verso) [bottom left, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 9 [or 6]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1746; [centre, red pencil, obscured by linen backing:] 11.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of His Majesty’s Army under the command of the Duke of Cumberland at Cullen, 11.th April 1746: by Lieut. W. Eyres Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Cullen.]
Subject(s)
Cullen (Moray District, Scotland, UK) 57°41'25"N 02°49'05"W
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