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
Eger, 1742
PLAN / DE L'ATTAQUE / D'EGRA / en Avril 1742
1742 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:7,500 approx. | RCIN 728060
Additional text: [left, below title and imprint, a key, 1-28, to parts of the fortified town and a-i, k-p, to the actions during the attack which lasted nine days.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; fragments of the label remain.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top left, below title:] Á Paris / Par et chez le S.r le Rouge Ing.r Geog.he du Roi rue des Augustins.
Watermark: The initials B C R separated by a five-legged` `star fish' design, in a panel above a panel with AUVERNE 1742; the 2 panels separated by a crescent
Condition: one fold line. Verso: top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; fragments of the label remain
Scale: 1:7,500 approx. Scale bar [52 mm =] 200 Toises.
27.8 x 29.2 cm (neatline)
28.2 x 41.7 cm (image)
30.0 x 43.8 cm (platemark)
32.8 x 47.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / DE L'ATTAQUE / D'EGRA / en Avril 1742. [top left, outside neatline]
Additional text:
[left, below title and imprint, a key, 1-28, to parts of the fortified town and a-i, k-p, to the actions during the attack which lasted nine days.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Eger April 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1742; [left, centre, red pencil:] 7/42-1; [centre, red pencil:] 31.
George III catalogue entry:
Eger Plan de l'Attaque d'Egra en Avril 1742, chez le Rouge.
Subject(s)
Cheb, Karlovarský Kraj, Czech Republic (50°04'46" N 12°22'26"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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