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
The Encampment of the allied Army at Schilde with the Country Adjacent. May 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:15,800 approx. | RCIN 730110
An outline survey at a smaller scale than the preceding maps (RCINs 730107-9) of this encampment and showing less topographical detail. No regiments are named; the regimental rectangles, which represent groups of regiments, are coloured according to nationality. The only headquarters marked are those of the Duke of Cumberland [not identified as such on the map] south of Schilde.
Condition: one fold line; trimmed after laying down on linen, three corners rounded. Verso: foxing; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (surveyor and (?) draughtsman)
William Hall (active 1745-9) (surveyor) [bottom right, inside neatline:] by G. Morrison / and W.m Hall.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 604
Condition: one fold line; trimmed after laying down on linen, three corners rounded. Verso: foxing; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:15,800 approx.
53.8 x 42.7 cm (neatline)
55.7 x 43.0 cm (image)
61.5 x 48.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
The Encampment of the allied Army at Schilde with the Country Adjacent. May 1747. [top, in rectangular panel across top of map]
Annotations:
George III heading [on white paper strip on verso:] Encampment at Schilde 14 - 28 May 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 88; [top, ink, addition of underlining to ‘Schilde’ and addition of the dates 14 = 28: between ‘May’ and ‘1747’ in a different hand at a later date. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 12; [bottom left, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] 88.; [top right, black pencil:] 88; [top right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] [?J]; [bottom, right of centre, beneath white paper strip:] [? black pencil, the old heading]; [right centre, red pencil:] 12.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Schilde in May 1747; with the adjacent country: by George Morrison and W.m Hall Eng.rs. [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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