War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Map of Aix-la-Chapelle and Mainz, 1743 (Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 50°46'35"N 06°05'00"E; (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 50°00'00"N 08°16'15"E
c.1743 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 728084.a
Other copies of this map, in different hands, are at RCINs 728085 and 728086.
An outline map showing only the principal roads, coloured in ochre, and the main settlements along the way. Distances are indicated by short lines across the routes, representing the number of leagues, or lieues, between towns. An accompanying list by Robert Napier gives the stages of the march form the area around Maastricht on 11 May [1743] as far as Coblenz on the 31st with seven days' rest, at intervals, during the march.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel:] Explication / Les lignes qui traversent les Chemins / montrent les Lieues des distances, et / les petittes, les demies lieues.
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 13.0 x 10.5 cm.
WC (active 1743 or later) (draughtsman) [bottom left, inside neatline:] 1743 W.C.
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry RegimentsWatermark: Lily in shield surmounted by a crown, the initials WR suspended by a ‘4’ with the countermark IV
Mark, stamped: 312
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 13.0 x 10.5 cm
Scale: not stated
34.1 x 45.0 cm (neatline)
34.6 x 45.6 cm (image)
36.4 x 47.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Additional text:
Explication / Les lignes qui traversent les Chemins / montrent les Lieues des distances, et / les petittes, les demies lieues. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: March 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, red pencil, cropped:] 7/[?35].
George III catalogue entry:
March A drawn Plan of the March of the English Cavalry from Aix to Mentz by W.C. 1743: with a MS. List of the Stages from Maestricht to Coblentz by R. Napier.
Subject(s)
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (50°46'35"N 06°05'00"E;)
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (50°00'00"N 08°16'15"E)
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