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 two pieces of thin paper, joined | Scale: 1:22,000 approx. | RCIN 730111
This map shows greater topographical detail than the preceding encampment maps of Schilde (RCINs 730107-110). More attention is given to depicting tree-lined roads and the layout of gentlemen's estates; enclosed cultivated land is indicated schematically by hedgerows and groups of parallel lines running at different angles, suggesting ploughed land. Heathland, or unproductive land is shown by horizontal dotted lines.
Regiments are coloured according to nationality, as indicated in the key. The lines of picquet outposts are drawn as narrow double red ink lines.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, ornamented with flags and cannon, a key to the colours used for the troop rectangles, which are coloured according to nationality:] Explication / Der Hoch Allirten / Armée unter Comando Seiner / KÖNIG: HOCHHEIT dem HERRN / H: HERZOGEN von CUMBERLAND / wie solche gelagert und mit farben angezeigt.
Condition: several fold lines; unevenly trimmed. Verso: induced discolouration.
Major Cremeriuset (active 1747) (draughtsman) [bottom centre, above scale:] Major Cremeriuset Prigade Fecit.
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Horn in crowned shield, the name C & I HONIG below; countermark: HR
Mark, stamped: 605
Condition: several fold lines; unevenly trimmed. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:22,000 approx. Scale bar: Maastab von 1000 Kaÿl: Konigl Werck Kl: [90 mm =].
32.0 x 70.3 cm (neatline)
32.4 x 70.7 cm (image)
33.9 x 71.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Lager zwischen Sandhoffen und / Braxschotten, von 14 Maÿ bis / 1747. [top centre, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
Explication / Der Hoch Allirten / Armée unter Comando Seiner / KÖNIG: HOCHHEIT dem HERRN / H: HERZOGEN von CUMBERLAND / wie solche gelagert und mit farben angezeigt. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, ornamented with flags and cannon, a key to the colours used for the troop rectangles, which are coloured according to nationality]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Schilde 14 - 28 May 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 11/29.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Lager zu Schilde zwischen Sandhoffen und Praxschotten von 14 May 1747: vom Major Cremeriuset. drawn. [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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