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
Dettingen and Rhine, 1743
PLAN des Campements et Marches de l’Armée Alliée, l’Année 1743
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on three sheets of thin paper, previously joined | Scale: 1:89,000 approx. | RCIN 728104.a
This is a rough drawing of the British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian encampments and marches between Frankfurt am Main (50°07'00"N 08°41'00"E), Mainz (50°00'00"N 08°16'16"E), and Worms (49°38'08"N 08°21'35"E). What appears to be the continuation of this map, from Worms south to Germersheim (49°13'23"N 08°21'50"E) is on RCIN 728104.c. This sketch would have formed one of the source materials for the finished map at RCIN 728103, and the descriptive text might have been used in the compilation of 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: [bottom left, a key, A-I, K-V, X, to the location of the campsites, with dates and march routes.]
Condition: eight fold lines; very yellow with age.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (cartographer)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 329
Condition: eight fold lines; very yellow with age
Scale: 1:89,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deux Heures [103 mm =]
49.0 x 71.2 cm (neatline)
49.4 x 73.0 cm (image)
49.7 x 72.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN des Campements et Marches de l’Armée Alliée, l’Année 1743. [bottom left]
Additional text:
[bottom left, a key, A-I, K-V, X, to the location of the campsites, with dates and march routes.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Dettingen and Encampments.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, right of centre:] Dettingen Germany.
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°02ʹ29ʺN 09°02ʹ00ʺE)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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