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C.D. VOISIN (ACTIVE 1696-7)

Eppingen and the Rhine, 1696

CARTE / PARTICULIERE / Des Camp que Larmée du Roy / Commandée par M.r le Marechal / De Choiseul à Faits au de la du Rhin / En 1696. / ET / Aussy le Camp Retranchée d’Eppin= / =ghen de larmeé des Alliéz Commandée...

1742 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:55,000 approx. | RCIN 724084

A map of the French and Allied armies between Philippsburg on the Rhine and Eppingen in 1696. Nine Years War (1688-97). Oriented with north to top.

The map extends from Philippsburg (49°13ʹ54ʺN 08°27ʹ39ʺE) in the west, through Bruchsal (49°07ʹ27ʺN 08°35ʹ53ʺE), to Eppingen in the east. It is likely that this map was copied in the 1740s from either original material produced by the French military engineer, C.D. Voisin, or from other copies of it. Another manuscript example of this map is at RCIN 724085.

Additional text: [top right, right of title, in rectangular panel, a key, A-F, the six encampments.]

Condition: eight fold lines; some brown discolouration. Verso: surface dirt; brown discolouration; right of centre, water-stained patch, bottom, from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
  • C.D. Voisin (active 1696-7) (surveyor) [top right, below explanatory text:] Levéz Sur les lieux / par C.D. Voisin / Ingenieur du d[it] / General

  • Watermark: A bunch of grapes; countermark, indistinct: a name in a cartouche?

    Mark, stamped: 59

    Condition: eight fold lines; some brown discolouration. Verso: surface dirt; brown discolouration; right of centre, water-stained patch, bottom, from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

  • Scale: 1:55,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle dune Lieuë [85 mm =] 2400 Toises.

    33.7 x 51.5 cm (neatline)

    34.2 x 51.9 cm (image)

    35.8 x 53.6 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    CARTE / PARTICULIERE / Des Camp que Larmée du Roy / Commandée par M.r le Marechal / De Choiseul à Faits au de la du Rhin / En 1696. / ET / Aussy le Camp Retranchée d’Eppin= / =ghen de larmeé des Alliéz Commandée / par M.r le Prince Louis Bade et / De leurs Environs. [top right, in rectangular panel]

    Additional text:

    [top right, right of title, in rectangular panel, a key, A-F, the six encampments.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampments on the Rhine 1696.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, cropped:] 9.; [bottom right, black pencil, crossed out:] 8. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 60; [top left, black pencil:] IV/101 [and, ink:] 172; [top, right of centre, black pencil crossed out in black pencil:] Lr B 5 71; [top right, black pencil, faint:] Drawing Room [and:] Rhine; [and, red ink, crossed out in black pencil:] 67.; [bottom right, black pencil:] IV/101 [and, red pencil:] 3/164 [and, red ink, crossed out in black pencil:] 67. [and black pencil:] A.a [and, ink, crossed out in black pencil:] 10. [and, ink:] 172; [bottom, left of centre, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 60; [right of centre, red pencil:] 63.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment Carte particuliere dessinée des Camps que l’Armée du Roy commandée par le Marechal de Choiseul ont faits au dela du Rhin en 1696: et aussi le Camp retranché d’Eppinghen de l’Armée des Alliés commandée par le Prince Louis de Bade, et de leurs Environs: levé sur les lieux par C.D. Voisin Ing.r [The same entry appears under the heading Rhine.]

  • Subject(s)

    Eppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°08ʹ11ʺN 08°54ʹ44ʺE)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024