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
PLAN de la BATAILLE de DETTINGEN / qui fut gagnée le 27e de Juin 1743, par l'Armée Angloise, / et Autrichienne, sous le Commandement de Sa Majesté / le Roy...
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: 1:90,000 approx. | RCIN 728104.b
This is a rough but detailed drawing of the Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743, and the subsequent marches and camps of the British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian armies between Dettingen and Frankfurt am Main (50°07'00"N 08°41'00"), up to 5 August. This sketch would have formed one of the source materials for the finished map at RCIN 728103 and the descriptive text would have formed one of the sources for the 'Journal' which was left blank on that map.
The maps were formerly kept in a thick light buff rag folder, 50.5 x 31.4 cm (folded size), on the front of which is inscribed, in ink: No.s 328-330 / [old heading, red ink:] Battle of Dettingen 27 June 1743 and Encampments from that time to / the 13 Oct.r 1743 / [black pencil, in a modern hand:] (a b c Oct. '86).
Additional text: [top left, below title, a descriptive key, A-I, K-Z, to the actions during the battle.]
Condition: six fold lines; four small holes in the text area, top right, perhaps where the acid from the ink has bitten through; unevenly trimmed; very yellow with age.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (cartographer)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 328
Condition: six fold lines; four small holes in the text area, top right, perhaps where the acid from the ink has bitten through; unevenly trimmed; very yellow with age
Scale: 1:90,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deux Heures [103 mm =]
47.9 x 29.7 cm (image and neatline)
48.9 x 31.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN de la BATAILLE de DETTINGEN / qui fut gagnée le 27e de Juin 1743, par l'Armée Angloise, / et Autrichienne, sous le Commandement de Sa Majesté / le Roy de la Grande Bretagne, contre celle des François / commandée par le Marechal Duc de Noailles. [top left]
Additional text:
[top left, below title, a descriptive key, A-I, K-Z, to the actions during the battle.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Dettingen and Encampments.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] IX/19-b; [bottom right, black pencil, in a modern hand?:] VIII-104b.
George III catalogue entry:
Dettingen Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Dettingen le 27 Juin 1743; avec un Plan des Campemens et Marches de l’Armée Alliée depuis la Bataille jusques a la fin de la Campagne de 1743, [in red ink:] par M.r Schultz. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Dettingen am Main, Bavaria, Germany (50°02'29"N 09°02'00"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version
