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 Maj Lan 1748
c.1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:50,200 approx. | RCIN 731019
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.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; slight surface dirt.
François Aloine Verhas (active 1748) (surveyor and ?draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] Eleve par Francois: A: Verhas.
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 7me 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 7e 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.]
Subject(s)
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°35'11"N 04°46'33"E)
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