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 Schilde, 1747 (Schilde, Flanders, Belgium) 51°14'27"N 04°35'00"E
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.
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)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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