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 Zonhoven, 1747 (Zonhoven, Flanders, Belgium) 50°59'26"N 05°22'05"E
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined | Scale: not stated. 1:17,800 approx. | RCIN 730125
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: RYHEYT and countermark [similar to Heywood 3148] and arms of England, with countermark [Churchill 214]
Mark, stamped: 618
Condition: seven fold lines; formerly folded to 9.3 x 10.3 cm; worn along fold lines; surface dirt on verso; small tear to left edge and to top edge
Scale: not stated. 1:17,800 approx.
32.7 x 46.7 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Zonhoven 27 -29 June 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [left, above old heading, black pencil, erased:] Encampment at Zonhoven / 27 June 1747; [left, red ink:] 10 [and] 17 [and random red ink strokes]. (Verso) rough pencil sketches of roads and camp positions, with measurements.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Sketch of the Encampment of the Allied Army at Zonhoven from the 27.th to the 29.th of June 1747, [in red ink:] by M.r Schultz. [The same entry appears under the heading Zonhoven.]
Subject(s)
Zonhoven (Flanders, Belgium) 50°59'26"N 05°22'05"E
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