Other 17th-century conflicts
Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Map of Speyer, Neustadt, Gimmeldingen and Haßloch, 1696 (Speyer [Spire], Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°19'47"N 08°25'40"E; (Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°21ʹ00ʺN 08°08ʹ20ʺE; (Gimmeldingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germ
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:33,000 approx. | RCIN 724082
In 1743 and 1744, the Allied armies campaigned along the Rhine during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). The style of the drafting resembles what might have been Schultz's early hand; this is a very tentative suggestion and so no attribution has been made to him. Schultz did make several maps of the area during this period while he was on campaign with Cumberland. Although the basis of this map was from half a century earlier, the information it contained with respect to the topography and choice of camp sites would have been particularly relevant to the campaigns of the 1740s.
This map shows the Allied encampment between Guimelding (Gimmeldingen 49°22ʹ35ʺN 08°09ʹ09ʺE) and Asselacq (Haslach on the map; present-day Haßloch 49°21ʹ46ʺN 08°15ʹ29ʺE).
Additional text: [bottom right, following on from title, in title panel, a key, A-F, to the trenches, batteries, fort and other field works.]
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration. Verso: foxing; heavy surface dirt.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-97)Watermark: Indistinct: horn in crowned shield. On white paper label to verso: indistinct, a device in a circle?
Mark, stamped: 51
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration. Verso: foxing; heavy surface dirt
Scale: 1:33,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'Une heure de Chemin [162 mm = ?; 5 unspecified divisions of the scale bar].
31.3 x 80.2 cm (neatline)
31.7 x 82.5 cm (image)
35.2 x 84.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Poste du Spirebach, ou Camp Retranché de l’Armée du / Roy commandée par M.r le Marechal de Choiseul entre / Spire et Neustatt. / En presence de celuy de l’Armée des Allies commandés / par S.A.S. M.r le Prince Louis de Bade entre / Guimelding et Asselacq en l’année 1696. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, following on from title, in title panel, a key, A-F, to the trenches, batteries, fort and other field works.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment of Spirebach 1696.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 32; [bottom right, black pencil:] IV/[104]; [bottom right, red pencil:] 9/167; [bottom, right of centre, ink crossed out in red, obscured by white paper label:] Speyerback.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Carte dessinée du Poste du Spirebach ou Camp retranché de l’Armée du Roy commandée par le Marechal de Choiseul entre Spire et Neustatt en presence de celui de l’Armée des Alliés commandée par le Prince Louis de Bade, entre Guimelding et Asselacq en 1696. 2 petites feuilles. [The same entry appears under the heading Spirebach.]
Subject(s)
Speyer [Spire], Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°19'47"N 08°25'40"E)
Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°21ʹ00ʺN 08°08ʹ20ʺE)
Gimmeldingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°22ʹ35ʺN 08°09ʹ09ʺE)
Haßloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°21ʹ46ʺN 08°15ʹ29ʺE)
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