Sketch of encampment at Dongen, 1747 (Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°37'36"N 04°56'20"E

A sketch of the encampment of the British army between Dongen and Rijen, 25 October 1747. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with south to top?

The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds. The positions of the lines of encamped troops are indicated by half rectangles, some are annotated ‘cav’ for cavalry. Rijen is marked ‘Rye’. It is possible that the letters ‘f’ and ‘p’ which are written in several places are annotations on land use: ‘f’ may stand for ‘Feldt’ or field, ‘fahl’ or fallow, ‘flach’, plain or level, or ‘Futterpflanzen’, forage crops, while ‘p’ may represent ‘pflügbar’ or arable. In French, ‘p’ may represent prairie, or meadow, while ‘f’ may stand for ‘foin’ or hay. The selection of German as the likely language is based on the letter ‘f’ which appears to be written in Deutsche schrift, which was used by Schultz. A detailed plan of the camp by Daniel Paterson is at RCIN 730180.f; it does not assist in interpreting the meaning of the letters.

Condition: four fold lines; unevenly trimmed.