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 / du Camp et des environs, qu'un detachement / de l'armée alliées sous les ordres du Lieut: / General de Sommerfeldt, occupa le 26me d'Aoust / 1745, dans le Voisinage de Mosbach
c.1745Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:15,200 approx. | RCIN 729151
A charming vignette, bottom left, typical of Johann Treu's work, shows soldiers around a camp fire. The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Austrian (blue) and Dutch (yellow). The encampment is shown to the east of Bibrich (Biebrich 50°03'00"N 08°15'00"E) and to the south of the little village of Mosbach, which now appears to be a suburb of Biebrich. A part of Mainz is shown, connected across the Rhine by a bridge to Cassel (Kastel 50°00'31"N 08°16'55"E), at which there is a bridgehead fortification.
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: six fold lines; formerly folded to 13.8 x 9.0 cm; two small tears: left margin and bottom margin. Verso: induced discolouration.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right of title panel:] Jean Charl Treu / Levé et Desig:
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 480
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 13.8 x 9.0 cm; two small tears: left margin and bottom margin. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:15,200 approx. Scale bar: [80 mm =] 1500 Pas.
34.8 x 32.7 cm (neatline)
36.6 x 33.0 cm (image)
8.5 x 36.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / du Camp et des environs, qu'un detachement / de l'armée alliées sous les ordres du Lieut: / General de Sommerfeldt, occupa le 26me d'Aoust / 1745, dans le Voisinage de Mosbach. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Manuscript title:
Litt C.
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 Aug.t 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] X/90-b
George III catalogue entry:
Mosbach Plan dessiné du Camp et des Environs qu'un detachement de l'Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Lieut. Gen. de Sommerfeldt occupa le 26 Aout 1745, a Mosbach pres de Mayence: par I.C. Treu. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Mosbach, Hesse, Germany (50°03'01"N 08°14'54"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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