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
Map of encampment at Alden Biesen, 1747 (Alden Biesen, Limburg, Belgium) 50°50'30"N 05°31'14"E
c.1747Pencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 730128
The attribution to Caroline Scott is made on stylistic grounds. The full title is written in a different hand. The proposed camp site is shown in relation to the roughly sketched surrounding villages; a general indication of relief is given by sketchy hachures, and arable land and marshland are annotated.
Condition: two fold lines; corners rounded after being laid down on linen. Verso: brown staining.
? Caroline Frederick Scott (active 1726-d.1756) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 621
Condition: two fold lines; corners rounded after being laid down on linen. Verso: brown staining
Scale: 1:36,000 approx. Scale bar: [76 mm =] 3000 yards.
23.8 x 37.6 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the Ground, / from Bilsen to Tongreberg. [bottom centre]
Manuscript title:
Plan of the Encampment of the Allied / Army at the Grande Commanderie / of Altenbuissen, near Tongres proposed / by Col.l Scott. July 1.st 1747. [bottom left, second title, added in a different hand]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Alten Buissen 1 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 66 [or 99]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XIII/37-b; [top left, black pencil, erased:] VII/22; [bottom right, along left edge, ink, obscured by linen:] Tongres July 1st 1747; [along right edge, ink or black pencil, obscured by white paper strip and linen:] [ ... ] of Camp proposed by Col Scott; [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Altenbuissen; [bottom right, ink, obscured by linen:] 9; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1747; [J?].
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army at the Grande Commanderie of Alten Buissen near Tongres, proposed by Col.l Scott, July 1.st 1747.
Subject(s)
Alden Biesen (Limburg, Belgium) 50°50'30"N 05°31'14"E
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