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 Zonhoven, 1747
Sketch of the Encampment of the allied Army / at Zonhoven June 27: to 29: 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen, black and brown ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:48,000 approx. | RCIN 730124
Only the positions of the encamped regiments are shown; the regimental rectangles are uncoloured and unannotated. The surrounding countryside is sketched in, with general indications of the divisions between cultivated land and heathland. The coverage of the map extends irregularly from Zonhoven in the north, where Cumberland had his Headquarters, to Diepenbeck (Diepenbeek 50°54'27"N 05°25'07"E) in the south, and from Stokeroy (Stokrooie 50°57'58"N 05°16'53"E) in the west to Ghenck (Genk 50°57'54"N 05°30'02"E) in the east.
Condition: two fold lines; corners rounded after being laid down on linen. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Eyres (d. 1764) (surveyor and draughtsman) [top left, following on from title:] Will: Eyres.
Watermark: Indistinct, obscured by linen: [VRYHEYT]; counterrmark: the letters GR within a crowned wreath inside a circle
Mark, stamped: 617
Condition: two fold lines; corners rounded after being laid down on linen. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:48,000 approx.
24.7 x 35.5 cm (image)
29.8 x 36.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the Encampment of the allied Army / at Zonhoven June 27: to 29: 1747. [top left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Zonhoven 27 - 29 June 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) The date is added to the title in ink in Schultz or Mason's hand; [top left, black pencil:] 8; [top right, black pencil:] 98. (Verso) [bottom, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] Zonhoven June 29 1747; [top left, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] [J?]; [top left, black pencil:] VII/21 [or 27, the 21 is crossed out in bp]; [top left, black pencil:] XIII/32 [the XIII appears to be an altered XII].
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Zonhoven from the 27.th to the 29.th of June 1747: by W.m Eyres Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Zonhoven.]
Subject(s)
Zonhoven (Flanders, Belgium) 50°59'26"N 05°22'05"E
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