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 [Egra], 1742
CARTE DES ENVIRONS D'EGRA SUR LAQUELLE SE TROUVE LES CAMPS QUE L'ARMÉE du ROY y à OCCUPES en 8:bre 1742:
1742 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:22,000 approx. | RCIN 728072
In the same hand as RCIN 728077 (Camp at Dingelfing November-December 1742). A note explains that the infantry regiments are coloured in yellow, the cavalry in blue, the dragoons and gendarmes in red, and the enemy in green and that the position of the first camp, on 8 and 9 October, is rendered in a fainter colour. The second camp, which took place on 22 and 23 October, following the army's return from Bohemia, was east of Reichersdorf (near present-day Hradiště (50°05'19"N 12°23'44"E) and stretched east from Hanersdorf (Jindřichov 50°06'22"N 12°24'02"E). Principal routes are drawn in red; relief is shown by a combination of brown brush hachures and brown wash; a green wash is used for river valleys and marsh is distinguished by symbol. The attack on the west side of Eger is noted and the baggage and equipment of the army is shown on the east side of the city with the infantry camp guarding it.
Additional text: [bottom right, below map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-72, to the encamped regiments and a note on the colouring:] Renvoy des Chiffres relatifs aux deux Camps, en commençant par la droite de la Premiere Ligne.
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 14.9 x 12.0 cm. Verso: shadow or ghosting of the detail remaining after the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. IV.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily
Mark, stamped: 302
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 14.9 x 12.0 cm. Verso: shadow or ghosting of the detail remaining after the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. IV
Scale: 1:22,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une demy Lieüe de douze cents.
45.9 x 58.3 cm (image)
44.3 x 57.7 cm (neatline)
47.7 x 59.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
CARTE DES ENVIRONS D'EGRA SUR LAQUELLE SE TROUVE LES CAMPS QUE L'ARMÉE du ROY y à OCCUPES en 8:bre 1742: [top, outside border]
Additional text:
Renvoy des Chiffres relatifs aux deux Camps, en commençant par la droite de la Premiere Ligne. [bottom right, below map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-72, to the encamped regiments and a note on the colouring]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments near Eger in Oct.r 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased:] Oct 1742; [bottom left, red pencil:] 7/48; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 35; [bottom centre, black pencil, erased:] Egra 1742 Octobre 29; [bottom centre edge, ink:] Camps de Larmeé du Roy sous Egra / 1742; [bottom right, black pencil:] 10; [right centre, red pencil:] 35.
George III catalogue entry:
Eger Carte dessinée des Environs d'Egra, sur laquelle se trouvent les Camps que l'Armée du Roy y a occupés en Oct.re 1742. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Cheb, Karlovarský Kraj, Czech Republic (50°04'46" N 12°22'26"E)
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