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 Bouwel, 1747 (Bouwel, Flanders, Belgium) 51°10'22"N 04°44'30"E
c.1747Pencil and watercolour on five pieces of paper, joined; some pricking through | Scale: not stated. 1:26,100 approx. | RCIN 730119
The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds. This sketch is based on the printed maps of Fricx with further information added from field survey; a preliminary sketch is at RCIN 730118. Some places are named: the distinctive outlines of Nazareth, for example, (east of Nazaret 51°08'25"N 04°34'25"E, now a northern suburb of Lier) can be seen on the ground today as a heavily wooded enclosure. The troops are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (yellow), Austrian (green), Dutch (orange), Hessian (blue). No regiments are named. Heathland is indicated by the writing of the word bruyere to several areas on the map.
Condition: several fold lines; induced discolouration along paper joins; diagonally cropped at bottom left and bottom right corners; some foxing.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Dutch lion, VRYHEYT, holding six darts and a hat on a pole, all within a crowned circle inscribed with Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate; countermark: RB
Mark, stamped: 612
Condition: several fold lines; induced discolouration along paper joins; diagonally cropped at bottom left and bottom right corners; some foxing
Scale: not stated. 1:26,100 approx.
33.7 x 60.6 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Bouwel 29 May - 16 June 1747.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Sketch of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Bouwel from the 29th of May to the 16.th of June 1747: [The same entry appears under the heading Bouwel.]
Subject(s)
Bouwel (Flanders, Belgium) 51°10'22"N 04°44'30"E
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