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 Braunau, 1743 (Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria) 48°15'22"N 13°02'36"E
c.1743 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper. Map trimmed to border and pasted down on to a sheet of paper. | Scale: not stated. 1:25,000 approx. | RCIN 728087
A carefully and vividly coloured map with, top right, a vignette depicting four cherubs, three of whom hold aloft an oval portrait, possibly of the victorious Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria while the fourth plays two trumpets. The march routes of her Imperial army are shown by broad red-stippled lines, roads by narrow stipple lines.
Additional text: [bottom, below title, an extensive explanatory key to the actions and movements of the troops. Text begins:] Als die Königliche Ungerische Armée unter com[m]ando Ihro Dürchl. Printz Carl von / Lothringen den 9. Maÿ 1743; in der früh um 6. Uhr zwischen Winckelheim und Prem- / -bach Colonen weis sich sehen liesse ...
Condition: one central fold line; some foxing. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; ghosting from the label remains: VOL IV/4?; there is also some ghosting from the cipher label of another item resulting from this map of Braunau having been laid down on top of another map for some time - either in a portfolio or in a volume.
Kennedy (active 1743) (draughtsman) [bottom left, inside neatline:] Kennedy F:
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-PrussiaWatermark: Fleur-de-lys and Strasburg bend, the letters LVG below
Mark, stamped: 315
Condition: one central fold line; some foxing. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; ghosting from the label remains: VOL IV/4?; there is also some ghosting from the cipher label of another item resulting from this map of Braunau having been laid down on top of another map for some time - either in a portfolio or in a volume
Scale: not stated. 1:25,000 approx.
42.1 x 39.3 cm (image)
28.4 x 38.7 cm (neatline)
48.0 x 55.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan und Beschreibung der Affaire bey Braunau den 9. May 1743. so sich folgender massen zugetragen. [bottom, outside border]
Additional text:
Als die Königliche Ungerische Armée unter com[m]ando Ihro Dürchl. Printz Carl von / Lothringen den 9. Maÿ 1743; in der früh um 6. Uhr zwischen Winckelheim und Prem- / -bach Colonen weis sich sehen liesse ... [bottom, below title, an extensive explanatory key to the actions and movements of the troops]
Annotations:
George III heading: Action of Braunau 9 May 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, black pencil:] 41/; [bottom centre, black pencil, erased and partly legible:] [?] Braunau 1743 May 9; [centre, red pencil:] 41; [top right, erased:] 1743?; [bottom right, black pencil:] 16.
George III catalogue entry:
Braunau Plan und Beschreibung der Affaire bey Braunau den 9 May 1743 so sich folgender massen zugetragen: von Kennedy. drawn.
Subject(s)
Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria (48°15'22"N 13°02'36"E)
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