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
A PLAN of all the MARCHES and INCAMPMENTS of the ARMY of / the ALLIES commanded by HIS MAJESTY the KING of GREAT BRITAIN / from the Battle of DETTINGEN to...
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on six pieces of paper, joined; laid down on linen; edged with cerise silk; two linen ties to left edge | Scale: 1:95,000 approx. | RCIN 728103
A beautifully executed map covering the area extending from Frankfurt am Main (50°07'00"N 08°41'00"E) in the north to Philipsburg (49°14'09"N 08°27'23"E) in the south, and from Nieder-Ingelheim (49°58'39"N 08°04'20"E) in the west to Aschaffenburg (49°58'26"N 09°08'57"E) in the east. It is unfinished; the large panel, bottom left, intended for the insertion of text headed ‘A JOURNAL of all the MARCHES and INCAMPMENTS of the Army of the Allies / from the Battle of Dettingen to the End of the Campain, 1743’, has been left blank.
This map would have been compiled from printed small-scale maps augmented by field surveys, orders of battle and various regimental documents such as officers' returns. Three of the source maps, which include text which would have formed part of the missing journal, are at RCINs 728104.a-c. See also RCINs 728116, 728117, 728125, 728126, 728127, 728128. The continuation of the operations further south along the Rhine appears on RCIN 728112.a.
Additional text: [bottom centre, in rectangular panel in two columns, a descriptive key and account of the events portrayed on the map:] EXPLANATION of the Plan of the BATTLE of DETTINGEN gained by the ALLIES of the QUEEN of / HUNGARY, under the Command of HIS MAJESTY The KING of GREAT-BRITAIN, over the FRENCH ARMY / ALLIES to the EMPEROR) commanded by the Marshal Duc de Noailles, 16.th June 1743. O.S.
Condition: two fold lines.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (cartographer)
Watermark: None visible
Condition: two fold lines
Scale: 1:95,000 approx.
82.8 x 113.4 cm (neatline)
84.4 x 114.7 cm (image)
86.5 x 116.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN of all the MARCHES and INCAMPMENTS of the ARMY of / the ALLIES commanded by HIS MAJESTY the KING of GREAT BRITAIN / from the Battle of DETTINGEN to the End of the Campain, in the Year 1743. [top right, in ornate trompe l'oeil scroll]
Additional text:
EXPLANATION of the Plan of the BATTLE of DETTINGEN gained by the ALLIES of the QUEEN of / HUNGARY, under the Command of HIS MAJESTY The KING of GREAT-BRITAIN, over the FRENCH ARMY / ALLIES to the EMPEROR) commanded by the Marshal Duc de Noailles, 16.th June 1743. O.S. [bottom centre, in rectangular panel in two columns, a descriptive key and account of the events portrayed on the map]
Annotations:
George III heading: Military Dettingen 1743 [black pencil].
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, old paper library label, ink:] V/14.
K. Mil. Dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of all the Marches and Incampments of the Army of the Allies, commanded by H.M. the King of Great Britain, from the Battle of Dettingen to the end of the Campaign in the year 1743 by M.r Schultz; [also in ink:] A Roll ..... [in black pencil:] 5 Table 2.d; [in black pencil, in a modern hand:] Big: sep. seq. George III heading: Battle of Dettingen 27 June 1743 and Encampment from that time to the 13 Oct. 1743; [in black pencil, above George III heading, erased, perhaps in a modern hand:] Folder, too big.
Watermark: B & W.
Size: 47.0 x 32.6 cm.George III catalogue entry:
Dettingen. A drawn Plan of all the Marches and Encampments of the Army of the Allies, commanded by H.M. the King of Great Britain, from the Battle of Dettingen to the end of the Campaign in the year 1743, [in red ink:] by M.r Schultz.
Subject(s)
Dettingen am Main, Bavaria, Germany (50°02'29"N 09°02'00"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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