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
Encampment and order of battle at Breda, 1748
Plan / Du Camp de L Armèe Hollandois dans la Baronie de Breda / entre Osterhout et Gilse depuis le 7me Maÿ Lan: 1748
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:51,800 approx. | RCIN 731020
Another copy of this map is at RCIN 731019.
Inset: [right, in cartouche representing scrolled paper:] Ordre de Battaille de LArmèe Hollande Campe dans la Baronie de Breda [under the command of Maurice Comte de Nassau. Gives all the names of the regiments.]
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, a key, A-G, to the camps, regiments and other features on the map:] Explication.
Condition: no fold lines; surface dirt along left and right edges. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt along left edge; foxing.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, indistinct device below; countermark: indistinct
Mark, stamped: 732
Condition: no fold lines; surface dirt along left and right edges. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt along left edge; foxing
Scale: 1:51,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 6000 pas ou une Lieu de chemein [94 mm =].
40.1 x 58.1 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / Du Camp de L Armèe Hollandois dans la Baronie de Breda / entre Osterhout et Gilse depuis le 7me Maÿ Lan: 1748. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Inset:
[right, in cartouche representing scrolled paper:] Ordre de Battaille de LArmèe Hollande Campe dans la Baronie de Breda [under the command of Maurice Comte de Nassau. Gives all the names of the regiments.]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, a key, A-G, to the camps, regiments and other features on the map:] Explication.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment and Order of Battle near Breda 7 May 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 12/25. [bottom right, black pencil:] XIV/25.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp, avec l’Ordre de Bataille de l’ Armée Hollandoise dans la Baronie de Breda, entre Osterhout et Gilse, depuis le 7 Mai 1748. [The same entry appears under the heading Order of Battle.]
Subject(s)
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°35'11"N 04°46'33"E)
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