Accession No

2764

Brief Description

cavalry sketching board, by Houghton-Butcher, English, 1917

Origin

England; London

Maker

Houghton-Butcher

Class

drawing; military; surveying

Earliest Date

1917

Latest Date

1917

Inscription Date

1917

Material

wood (pine?, boxwood); glass; plastic; hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 251mm; breadth 265mm; thickness 30mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Sedgwick Musuem, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/1981.

Inscription

‘HOUGHTON-BUTCHER
LONDON 1917’ (signed on reverse)

Description Notes

Wooden (pine?) board with boxwood scales either end; lower end graduated 0-(49) by 2 to 1 marked “YARDS 2 INCHES = 1 MILE”; upper edge graduated 0-6 “INCHES” with 0-1 subdivided into 1/50”. Inset compass in upper edge with rotating glass cover, surround divided into 36 points with no markings. Rollers along both long edges with clamping screws for paper.
Inset clinometer on reverse (corroded and broken) with yellow plastic cover. Leather strap for attachment to cavalryman’s arm.

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