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Map of encampment near Bilsen, 1742 (Pilsen, Plzeňský, Czech Republic) 49°44ʹ50ʺN 13°22ʹ39ʺE
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on vellum | Scale: not stated | RCIN 728063.m
Regimental names are given. Unfinished; regimental rectangles are uncoloured.
The identification of the location is uncertain. The 'Cernitz' on the map might be Cernice which appears to have the same road layout in the old town.
Part of a collection of fifteen maps of encampments of the Austrian army in Bohemia in May and June 1742; see RCINs 728063.a-q.
Condition: no fold lines; considerable yellow discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaMark, stamped: 297
Condition: no fold lines; considerable yellow discolouration.
Scale: not stated
12.2 x 17.6 cm (image)
13.1 x 18.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement a, alt / Bilsen ce 16. 17. Juin / 1742. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Manuscript title:
12. [top centre, outside border]
Annotations:
No other annotations
George III catalogue entry:
Bohemia 15 Plans of the Encampments and an Order of Battle of the Austrian Army under the Great Duke of Tuscany in Bohemia, from the 18.th of May to the 30.th of June 1742. drawn on vellum. [The same entry appears under the headings Encampment and Order of Battle.]
Subject(s)
Pilsen, Plzeňský, Czech Republic (49°44ʹ50ʺN 13°22ʹ39ʺE)
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23 May 2024
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