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 Mosbach, 1745
PLAN / Von der Situation des Lagers welches das De= / tachement von der Alliirten Armée unter S. Exel: / des Herrn Feldt March: Lieut: von Som[m]erfeldt in der Gegend / Mosbach genom[m]en [der] 26 Aug: 1745
1745 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:21,600 approx. | RCIN 729152
This is another copy, in German, of the map at RCIN 729151 by J.C. Treu. The relationship, if any, between the two Treus is not known.
Additional text: [bottom left, a key A-I, K, to the locations of demolished French works, boat bridges, a bridgehead fortification begun by the French and augmented by the Allies, lines, batteries and encampments, together with a summary of the Dutch, Hanoverian, and Austrian men and batteries and the number of artillery pieces, and an explanation of the colours used to distinguish the troops.]
Condition: four fold lines; formerly folded to 14.3 x 8.1 cm. Verso: brown ink spots; induced discolouration; bottom left, ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. IV / 59.
HC Treu (active 1745) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title cartouche:] H.C. Treu.
Watermark: IVILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 481
Condition: four fold lines; formerly folded to 14.3 x 8.1 cm. Verso: brown ink spots; induced discolouration; bottom left, ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. IV / 59
Scale: 1:21,600 approx. Scale bar: [74 mm =] 2000 Schritt.
20.9 x 25.1 cm (neatline)
21.1 x 25.3 cm (image)
23.8 x 28.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / Von der Situation des Lagers welches das De= / tachement von der Alliirten Armée unter S. Exel: / des Herrn Feldt March: Lieut: von Som[m]erfeldt in der Gegend / Mosbach genom[m]en [der] 26 Aug: 1745. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, a key A-I, K, to the locations of demolished French works, boat bridges, a bridgehead fortification begun by the French and augmented by the Allies, lines, batteries and encampments, together with a summary of the Dutch, Hanoverian, and Austrian men and batteries and the number of artillery pieces, and an explanation of the colours used to distinguish the troops.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Mosbach 26 August 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 52; [bottom right, black pencil, cropped?:] 44. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased:] Bibrich; [top right, black pencil:] A.c.A.2. 1745; [bottom right, black pencil:] 59 [sic, not ‘52’ as on recto]; [centre, red pencil:] 59.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan von der Situation des Lagers welches das detachement von der Allurten Armée unter des Feldt March. Lieut. von Somerfeldt in der gegend Mosbach genomen, 26 Aug. 1745: von H.C. Treu. drawn. [The same entry appears under the heading Mosbach.]
Subject(s)
Mosbach, Hesse, Germany (50°03'01"N 08°14'54"E)
Page revisions
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