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 at Deckendorf, 1742
CAMP / DE M.R LE DUC D'HARCOURT / Pres de Deckendorf / EN BAVIERE
published 1742Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:15,500 approx. | RCIN 728071
This example is a different state to that in the Marburg Archives (HstAM Karten WHK 21/25). The partly erased statement of the source of the original map on RCIN 728071 is changed, on WHK 21/25, to read: Suivant l'Original envoyé par M.rs les Ing.rs de l'Armée de Baviere.
Additional text: [bottom centre, a key, A-E, to the field fortifications: batteries, redoubts, etc:] Renvoy [bottom centre, inside neatline:] Suivant l'Original envoyé par M.gr [Le Duc d'Harcourt; these words have been scraped off the map].
Condition: three fold lines and other crease marks; the engraved name of the sender of the original survey: ‘M.gr le Duc d'?’, has been scratched out. Verso: shadow or ghosting from the former presence of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL [IV] 39.
NN (active 1742) (surveyor)
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [bottom left, below title:] Levé Exactem.t sur les Lieux / Par N.N. / A PARIS / Par et chez le S.r le Rouge / Ing.r et Geographe du Roy. / rue des Grands Augustins vis / à vis le Panier Fleury. / Avec Privilege du Roy, 1742.
Watermark: A chaplet [see Churchill 514] and two names, one indistinct, the other similar to Heawood 3339
Condition: three fold lines and other crease marks; the engraved name of the sender of the original survey: ‘M.gr le Duc d'?’, has been scratched out. Verso: shadow or ghosting from the former presence of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL [IV] 39
Scale: 1:15,500 approx. Scale bar: [126 mm =] 2400 Pas.
31.9 x 69.4 cm (image)
33.0 x 70.1 cm (platemark; sides cropped)
31.4 x 69.0 cm (neatline)
38.1 x 70.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CAMP / DE M.R LE DUC D'HARCOURT / Pres de Deckendorf / EN BAVIERE. [bottom left]
Additional text:
[bottom centre, a key, A-E, to the field fortifications: batteries, redoubts, etc:] Renvoy [bottom centre, inside neatline:] Suivant l'Original envoyé par M.gr [Le Duc d'Harcourt; these words have been scraped off the map].
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Deckendorf 29 August 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, black pencil:] 39; [right centre, red pencil:] 39.
George III catalogue entry:
Deckendorf Plan du Camp du Duc d'Harcourt pres de Deckendorf en Baviere (le 29 Aout 1742) levé par N.N., chez le Rouge, 1742.
Subject(s)
Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany (48°50'00"N 12°58'00"E)
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