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
Battle of Dettingen, 1743
1743 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on linen | 19.4 x 35.1 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 728097
The Battle of Dettingen, in which the British defeated the French, was the last in which a British Monarch (George II, 1683-1760) took part, and the first in which William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the King's third son, saw active service. Cumberland received a serious wound in the calf which was to trouble him for the rest of his life: a shot had left a hole ‘as big as a hen's egg and the extremities of some of the muscle which it had torn asunder in its passage were quite drove out of the wound’.
It is possible that this sketch formed the basis for the plan of the battle which Schultz drew on the map of the marches to and from Dettingen which is at RCIN 728103.
The map covers the banks of the Main from Seligenstadt (50°02'35"N 08°58'26"E) in the north-west to Nalkeim (Nilkheim 49°56'51"N 09°05'58"E) in the south-east.
Additional text: [bottom left, a key, a-i, k-o, to the French camps, batteries, boat bridges, ford, march routes towards the battle, etc.]
Condition: four fold lines; creased; surface very worn; two small tears to face of map, repaired by linen backing; surface dirt; unevenly trimmed.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 324
Condition: four fold lines; creased; surface very worn; two small tears to face of map, repaired by linen backing; surface dirt; unevenly trimmed
19.4 x 35.1 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Additional text:
[bottom left, a key, a-i, k-o, to the French camps, batteries, boat bridges, ford, march routes towards the battle, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Dettingen 27 June 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 7/66. [top left, black pencil:] IX/[?]4. [top right, obscured by white paper label, ink:] Dettingen.
George III catalogue entry:
Dettingen Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Dettingen, le 27 Juin 1743.
Subject(s)
Dettingen am Main, Bavaria, Germany (50°02'29"N 09°02'00"E)
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