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 the Netherlands, 1748
c.1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 731042
Shows the British quarters in North Brabant, extending from Bois le Duc ('s-Hertogenbosch 51°41'57"N 05°18'15"E) in the north to Maestricht (Maastricht 50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E) in the south, a distance of about 100 km (62 miles); and from Peer (51°07'49"N 05°27'34"E) in the west to Venlo (51°22'12"N 06°10'05"E) in the east, a distance of about 50 km (31 miles). The sketch is a crude diagram showing the relative positions of places.
Additional text: [top right, below title, a key to the letters on the map denoting the places where the British troops were quartered, including the ‘Magazines of Forrage’.]
Condition: one fold line; creased; foxing. Verso: induced discolouration; substantial brown discolouration and foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Caroline Frederick Scott (active 1726-d.1756) (draughtsman) [following on from title:] By Co:l Caroline Scott.
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Indistinct: horn in crowned shield, an indistinct device below; countermark, indistinct: H R?
Mark, stamped; 754
Condition: one fold line; creased; foxing. Verso: induced discolouration; substantial brown discolouration and foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Scale: not stated. Not to scale.
35.5 x 47.2 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Cantonment of H: M: Forces in the Low / Countrys 1748. [top right]
Additional text:
[top right, below title, a key to the letters on the map denoting the places where the British troops were quartered, including the ‘Magazines of Forrage’.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonments in the Netherlands 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 64. [centre, red pencil:] 65.
George III catalogue entry:
Cantonment A drawn Plan of the Cantonment of His Majesty’s Forces in the Low Countries 1748: by Colonel Caroline Scott. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
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