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
Part of the Netherlands, 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on three sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:61,100 approx. | RCIN 730099
The map extends from Antwerp (51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E) in the north-west to Maastricht (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E) in the south-east, a distance of about 106 km (66 miles). The width of the plan covers about 25 km (15.5 miles). The topographical details of this map will have been based on printed civilian mapping, such as the republication of Fricx's maps of Brabant, augmented by sketches and surveys made in the field. The attribution to Schultz, made in the old catalogue, is confirmed on stylistic grounds.
Condition: two fold lines; top left, a 2.7 cm cut. Verso: foxing; induced discolouration; brown staining.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 592
Condition: two fold lines; top left, a 2.7 cm cut. Verso: foxing; induced discolouration; brown staining
Scale: 1:61,100 approx. Scale bar: [79 mm =] 3 Miles.
30.8 x 167.0 cm (neatline)
31.2 x 167.4 cm (image)
45.8 x 170.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments in the Netherlands 27 April-5 Oct.r 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, right of centre, obscured by white paper label, ink:] Netherlands Theatre; [right of centre, red pencil:] 4.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A Drawn Map of that part of the Netherlands situated between Antwerp and Maestricht; with the Battle of Laffeldt and the Encampments of the Allied Army from the 27.th of April to the 5.th of Oct.r 1747 : [in red ink:] by M.r Schultz. 3 sheets. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]
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