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
Encampment at Bouwel, 1747
Plan of the Incampment of the Allied Army at Bouwel
1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:35,200 approx. | RCIN 730117
A rough sketch showing the positions of the encamped troops relative to the surrounding villages and extending from Lier (51°07'52"N 04°34'13"E) to the west and Herenthout (51°08'24"N 04°45'20"E) to the east, and Grobbendoncq (Grobbendonk 51°11'25"N 04°44'08"E) in the north to Eyst ten Bergh (Heist-op-den-Berg 51°04'31"N 04°43'41"E) in the south. The headquarters is marked at Bouwel. No regiments are named. Troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), and Austrian (green), Hessian (pale blue), Dutch (orange).
Condition: four fold lines; bottom left, a large old tear, repaired by laying down on linen; some brown staining. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (surveyor and draughtsman) [top, following on from title:] by G. Morrison June ye 5.th 1747.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, [indistinct; letters below?]
Mark, stamped: 610
Condition: four fold lines; bottom left, a large old tear, repaired by laying down on linen; some brown staining. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:35,200 approx. Scale bar: [26 mm =] 1000 y.s.
31.3 x 45.6 cm (neatline)
33.4 x 45.9 cm (image)
35.8 x 49.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan of the Incampment of the Allied Army at Bouwel. [The dates ‘May 29: June 16. / 1747.’ have been added at a later date.] [top, across top of map in plain rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Bouwel 29 May - 16 June 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, to left of title, ink, in Schultz's or Mason's hand]: May 29: June 16. / 1747. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 18; [bottom right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] [J?]; [centre, red pencil:] 18.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Bouwel from the 29.th of May to the 16.th of June 1747: by G. Morrison Eng.r 5.th June 1747. [The same entry appears under the heading Bouwel.]
Subject(s)
Bouwel (Flanders, Belgium) 51°10'22"N 04°44'30"E
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