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 Diegem, 1745
c.1745Pencil, black and brown ink on six sheets of thin paper, previously joined; irregularly trimmed | Scale: 1:10,350 approx. | RCIN 729143
This sketch would have formed one of the compilation sources for Schultz's fair drawing of the encampments along the Brussels Canal at RCIN 729136.
Originally kept in a grey buff folder with the old heading written in pencil on the front: Encampment at Dieghem July 1745. An ink inscription ‘(474)’ refers to the number stamped in black on the item.
Condition: four fold lines; brown discolouration from the deterioration of the past along the joins; small tears and holes.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 474
Condition: four fold lines; brown discolouration from the deterioration of the past along the joins; small tears and holes
Scale: 1:10,350 approx. Scale bar: [55 mm =] 800 paces
82.2 x 97.9 cm (image and sheet; irregular shape)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Dieghem July 1745.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Dieghem A drawn Sketch of the Encampment of the Allied Army under the Duke of Cumberland at Dieghem, in July 1745, with the adjacent Country, [in red ink:] by Schulz. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Diegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°53'50"N 04°26'00"E)
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