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 Kelsterbach, 1743
Champ de Battaile aupres De / Keltersbach
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:33,000 approx. | RCIN 728090
A sketch map showing the positions of the British and Austrian camps, in order of battle, south-west of Kelsterbach (the draughtsman has ‘Keltersbach’). The position of a camp of five British battalions the day before, 9 June, is indicated. The main roads to Hochst, Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Mainz are shown.
This sketch is similar in detail, except for place-name spellings, to RCIN 728088. A copy with more differences of detail is at RCIN 728089.
Additional text: [bottom right, above title, a key, A, B, H, which identify the three armies: Austrian, British, Hanoverian.]
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 9.9 x 7.3 cm. Verso: considerable induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: J H & ZOON
Mark, stamped: 318
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 9.9 x 7.3 cm. Verso: considerable induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:33,000 approx.
18.0 x 28.7 cm (neatline)
18.2 x 29.0 cm (image)
20.1 x 31.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Champ de Battaile aupres De / Keltersbach. [bottom right]
Additional text:
[bottom right, above title, a key, A, B, H, which identify the three armies: Austrian, British, Hanoverian.]
Annotations:
Kelsterbach 10 June 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, outside neatline, in brown ink, in Schultz's hand:] Jun. 1743. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 7/61; [black pencil:] IX/[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Kelsterbach Plan dessiné de la Disposition de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne pres de Kelsterbach, le 10 Juin 1743.
Subject(s)
Kelsterbach, Hesse, Germany (50°04'00"N 08°32'00"E)
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