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
Map of encampment at Hulten, 1748 (Hulten, North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°34'21"N 4°57'15"E
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:19,000 approx. | RCIN 731018
The regiments are named. The distinction between the heathland, on which the army is encamped (the title of RCIN 731017 states that the camp was on the heaths at Hulten) and cultivated land is clear. Damp or wet grassland is shown by a dark green wash.
Additional text: [top left, below title, a key to the colours by which the different armies are distinguished:] Distinction des Nations.
Condition: three fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; remnants of paste and fragments of paper to bottom left, top left, and top right corners, perhaps from a former paper mount.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-DutchArmy-HesseArmy-BavarianArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 730
Condition: three fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; remnants of paste and fragments of paper to bottom left, top left, and top right corners, perhaps from a former paper mount
Scale: 1:19,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 1000 [i.e. 1100] Pas [47 mm =].
23.4 x 46.0 cm (neatline)
23.6 x 46.2 cm (image)
27.0 x 49.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Camp de l’Armée Hollandoise sur la Bruyere / de Hulten pris le 7 du May 1748. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, below title, a key to the colours by which the different armies are distinguished:] Distinction des Nations.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Breda 7 May 1748.
Other anotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [centre, red pencil:] 79; [bottom left, black pencil:] 77.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp de l’Armée Hollandoise sur la Bruyere de Hulten pres de Breda, pris le 7 Mai 1748. [The same entry appears under the heading Breda.]
Subject(s)
Hulten, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°34'21"N 4°57'15"E)
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