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
Sketch of encampment at Diegem, 1745 (Diegem, Flanders, Belgium) 50°53'50"N 04°26'00"E
c.1745Pencil on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 729142
The settlement of Diegem is identified, bottom left, by the accurate depiction of the spire of the church of Sainte Catherine and Saint Cornelius, which is a tiered construction. The settlement to the north-east is Melsbroek (50°54'56"N 04°28'47"E). The tree-lined road was the main road to Louvain (Leuven 50°52'46"N 04°42'03"E). This sketch would have formed one of the compilation sources for Schultz's fair drawing of the encampments along the Brussels Canal at RCIN 729136.
Condition: nine fold lines; formerly folded to 15.0 x 9.3 cm; surface dirt along fold lines on recto; brown stains; trimmed.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Coat of arms of Amsterdam; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 473
Condition: nine fold lines; formerly folded to 15.0 x 9.3 cm; surface dirt along fold lines on recto; brown stains; trimmed
Scale: not stated. 1:36,000 approx.
27.3 x 37.3 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Dieghem, July 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] X/80-b.
George III catalogue entry:
Dieghem A drawn Sketch of the Encampment of the Allied Army under the Duke of Cumberland at Dieghem, in July 1745, [in red ink:] by Schultz.
Subject(s)
Diegem, Flanders, Belgium (50°53'50"N 04°26'00"E)
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