Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters V [R] below; countermark: IV

Mark, stamped: 731

Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; slight surface dirt

Scale: 1:50,200 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 6000 pas ou une Lieu de chemein [97 mm =].

39.4 x 57.6 cm (neatline)

33.9 x 58.1 cm (image)

47.7 x 66.2 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title;

PLAN / Du Camp de L Armèe Hollandois dans La Baronie / de Breda - entre Osterhout et Gilse depuis le 7^me Maj Lan 1748. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]

Inset:

[right, in cartouche representing scrolled paper:] Ordre de Battail: de L’Armèe Hollande Campe dans la Baronie / de Breda [under the command of Maurice Comte de Nassau; gives 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:] Explications des Lett. 

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment and Order of Battle near Breda 7 May 1748.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, ink:] 2. [top right, black pencil, erased:] Camp de l'Armee Hollandois le 7^e May dans la Baronie de Breda 1748. [top right, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] 141. [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in Mason's hand?:] 76.

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: par F. A. Verhas. [The same entry appears under the heading Breda.]

Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)