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 Schilde, 1747
PLAN of the / ENCAMPMENT near SCIELDE. 25.th April / 1747
1747 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:10,800. | RCIN 730097
The small force which constituted the advance corps encamped at Schilde comprised battalions of the following regiments: Howard, Block, Hessian Guards, Majoribank, Beyrheid, Wolfenbuttel, Olivarez, Waldeck and Wolfe.
Condition: no fold lines; corners rounded. Verso: some foxing.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Indistinct, lion in crowned circle, words unclear; countermark: the letters GR, crowned, within a wreath, all in a circle
Mark, stamped: 590
Condition: no fold lines; corners rounded. Verso: some foxing
Scale: 1:10,800. Scale 300 yards to an inch.
24.4 x 31.0 cm (neatline)
26.9 x 33.5 cm (image)
28.9 x 35.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the / ENCAMPMENT near SCIELDE. 25.th April / 1747. [top centre, in plain rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment Schilde 25 April 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top centre, ink, in Mason's hand?, crossed out and obscured by white paper strip:] From the 14: to the 28: of May 1747. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 11; [top centre, ink a cropped note, obscured by linen:] [?... ] advanced Corps when the army lay at Westmalle]; [top right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] 4; [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil, and obscured by white paper strip:] Schilde; [centre, red pencil:] 11.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the advanced corps of the Allied Army near Schilde. [The same entry appears under the heading Schilde.]
Subject(s)
Schilde (Flanders, Belgium) 51°14'27"N 04°35'00"E
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