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
Sketch of the Encampment / of the Allied / ARMY
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on two pieces of linen sewn together | Scale: 1:31,500 approx. | RCIN 730108
None of the regiments is named and the encampments are shown by generalised rectangles representing several battalions or squadrons. These rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red); Hanoverians (light yellow); Dutch (orange); Austrian (green); Hessian (blue).
The camp extends from Braxgratten (Brasschat 51°17'28"N 04°29'30"E) in the north, through St Job in t Goor (Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor 51°17'56"N 04°34'22"E) to Wommeleghem (Wommelgem 51°12'16"N 04°31'21"E) and Olegem (Oelegem 51°12'47"N 04°35'53"E) in the south, a distance of about 10 km (6.2 miles).
Condition: one fold line; trimmed after mounting on linen, and corners rounded. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Eyres (d. 1764) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title panel:] Will: Eyres. Eng.r
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters VD L below
Mark, stamped: 602
Condition: one fold line; trimmed after mounting on linen, and corners rounded. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:31,500 approx. Scale bar: [102 mm =] 2 miles.
34.8 x 39.9 cm (image and neatline)
36.2 x 51.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the Encampment / of the Allied / ARMY. [bottom right, in rectangular panel. The date: ‘May 14: to 28: D:o 1747’ and ‘at Schilde’ have been added at a later date in a different hand.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Schilde 14 - 28 May 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, indistinct:] [?1/18]:16; [above title, ink, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] May 14: to 28: D.o 1747. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 15; [bottom right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] T; [centre, red pencil:] 15.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Schilde from the 14.th to the 28.th of May 1747: by W.m Eyres Eng.r [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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