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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

JOHANN CARL TREU (ACTIVE 1744-6)

Encampment at Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, 1745

PLAN / dans les environs d'Ehrnbreitstein / ou l'Armée des...

1745 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:11,900 approx. | RCIN 729075

A map of the encampments and cantonments of the Allied army on 15 April 1745. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north-east to top (cardinal points with magnetic declination).

Additional text: [left, below title, a list of the regiments and places where (since they lacked tents) they were cantoned. Top right, a key, A-I, K-U, W, a-i, k-p, to the locations and names of the encamped regiments:] Explication des Lettres / des Regiments qui ont Campé [centre left, a vignette depicting a view of Ehrenbreitstein from the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine:] Prospect d’Ehrnbreitstein du Côte de la Moselle.

Condition: five fold lines; surface dirt to both sides. Verso: induced discolouration.
  • Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (draughtsman)

  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: C & I HONIG

    Mark, stamped: 417

    Condition: five fold lines; surface dirt to both sides. Verso: induced discolouration

  • Scale: 1:11,900 approx. Scale bar: [68 mm =] 1000 Pass.

    33.7 x 39.8 cm (neatline)

    34.1 x 40.2 cm (image)

    37.2 x 43.9 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    PLAN / dans les environs d'Ehrnbreitstein / ou l'Armée des Alliees s'assembla / le 15e Avril 1745. [left]

    Manuscript title:

    Lit: C. [top right, inside neatline]

    Additional text:

    Explication des Lettres / des Regiments qui ont Campé [left, below title, a list of the regiments and places where (since they lacked tents) they were cantoned. Top right, a key, A-I, K-U, W, a-i, k-p, to the locations and names of the encamped regiments]; Prospect d’Ehrnbreitstein du Côte de la Moselle. [centre left, a vignette depicting a view of Ehrenbreitstein from the confluence of the Moselle with the Rhine] 

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment near Coblentz 15 April 1745.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] X/98.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Coblentz Plan dessiné dans les Environs d'Ehrnbreitstein et pres de Coblence, où l'Armée des Alliés s'assembla et campa le 15 Avril 1745; par I.C. Treu Ing.r [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]

  • Subject(s)

    Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (50°21'00"N 07°36'00"E)

    Ehrenbreitstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (50°21'36"N 07°37'12"E)

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  • 14 March 2024