Accession No

2190

Brief Description

cavalry sketching board, Houghton-Butcher, 1917

Origin

London; England

Maker

Houghton-Butcher

Class

drawing; military; surveying

Earliest Date

1917

Latest Date

Inscription Date

1917

Material

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

Dimensions

length 250mm; breadth 184mm; thickness 55mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 05/1969.

Inscription

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

Description Notes

Wooden (pine?) board with boxwood scales either end. Rollers along long sides with clamping screws to take paper. Scale of inches 1-6 along one short edge. Inset compass, with rotating glass cover. Surround divided into 36 points with no markings. Other short edge with scale of Yards in Inches to the mile graduated 0-48.
Reverse with inset clinometer (broken). Graduated 50-0-50˚. Yellow plastic cover. Leather strap for attachment to cavalryman’s arm.

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