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Map of encampment near Przesnitz, 1742 [?Březnice, Středočeský Kraj, Czech Republic] 49°33ʹ27ʺN 13°57ʹ02ʺE
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on vellum | Scale: not stated | RCIN 728063.i
Regimental names are given. Unfinished; regimental rectangles are mainly uncoloured.
The identification of the place is not certain. Březnice [Breznitz], Středočeský Kraj, seems to be the likeliest location. It is a few kilometres north of Mirotice, where there was a camp on 11 June, see RCIN 728063.h.
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; some yellowing and ink smudging.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaMark, stamped: 294
Condition: no fold lines; some yellowing and ink smudging
Scale: not stated
11.6 x 17.4 cm (image)
12.9 x 18.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement à Przesnitz / ce 12. 13 Juin [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Manuscript title:
9. [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)
?Březnice, Středočeský Kraj, Czech Republic (49°33ʹ27ʺN 13°57ʹ02ʺE)
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