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 Lessines, 1745
A PLAN of the Incampment / of the Ally'd Army at Lessines; May 17: / 1745
c.1745Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:25,000 approx. | RCIN 729114
The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds combined with the old catalogue entry and the annotation on the map.
When the Allied army moved north to Lessines, the distance was such that the rear of the Ath encampment occupied the positions vacated by the van. The Lessines camp extends for about 7 km (4.3 miles) from Lessines in the west, eastwards between Papignies (50°41'09"N 03°49'04"E) and Wannebec (Wannebecq 50°41'36"N 03°47'57"E) to Rebay (Rebaix 50°39'35"N 03°46'59"E).
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, unfinished:] A LIST of the different Corps arrived suc- / cessively in the Camp of Lessines, to reinforce / the Army of the Allies, from the [blank] to [blank]. [followed by a blank space where the list was to be written.]
Condition: several fold lines. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: Indistinct: horn in shield
Condition: several fold lines. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:25,000 approx.
23.8 x 35.9 cm (neatline)
24.2 x 36.0 cm (image)
24.7 x 36.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN of the Incampment / of the Ally'd Army at Lessines; May 17: / 1745. [top right, in cartouche representing a scroll]
Additional text:
A LIST of the different Corps arrived suc- / cessively in the Camp of Lessines, to reinforce / the Army of the Allies, from the [blank] to [blank]. [followed by a blank space where the list was to be written.] [bottom right, in rectangular panel, unfinished]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Lessines 17 May 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, trimmed:] 48; [top right, black pencil:] 48.; [bottom right, black pencil, eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century hand?]: Schultz. (Verso) [centre, red pencil:] 24; [top right, obscured by linen backing, black pencil:] F.
George III catalogue entry:
Lessines A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Lessines, 17 May 1745; by Schultz.
Subject(s)
Lessines, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°42'39"N 03°50'08"E)
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