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, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:43,800 approx. | RCIN 730120
Rough topographical details are shown. Troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality.
Additional text: [top left, in title panel, a key, A-E, f-i, K-L, to the positions of the army.]
Condition: one fold line; one crease mark; corners rounded after being laid down on linen. Verso: foxing; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
A.W.V. Linstow (active 1747) (draughtsman) [top left, bottom right of title panel:] V Linstow.
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-BavarianArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Cropped: device in crowned shield; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 613
Condition: one fold line; one crease mark; corners rounded after being laid down on linen. Verso: foxing; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:43,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une Lieue de Braband [114 mm =] 6000 pas.
34.0 x 31.3 cm (image and neatline)
36.6 x 33.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / De la Position que l'Armée Alliée prit le 29: May, à / Bouwel entre la Grande et petite Nette, jusqu'au 16: juin 1747. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, in title panel, a key, A-E, f-i, K-L, to the positions of the army.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Bouwel 29 May - 16 June 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 93. (Verso) [top left, ink, obscured by linen: an undecipherable mark; top right, ink, obscured by linen:] [J?]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 17; [centre, red pencil:] 17.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné de Campement de l'Armée Alliée a Bouwel entre la grande et la petite Nette depuis le 29 Mai jusqu'au 16 Juin 1747: par le Capitaine de Linstow. [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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