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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

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SCHULTZ (ACTIVE 1734-49)

Encampment at Mutterstadt, 1743

Camps des Alliés près Mutterstadt, Anno 1743. / le 26 de Septembre & le 11. d'Octobre

c.1743

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on thin card | Scale: not stated. 1:62,000 approx. | RCIN 728125

A sketch of the encampment of the Allied army near Mutterstadt on 26 September and 11 October 1743. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with south to top. The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds and by reference to the old catalogue entry.

A worked-up sketch, giving a medium to high oblique view, of the encampment of the Allied army along the north side of Gross Schifferstadt (Schifferstadt 49°23'14"N 08°22'29"E). Regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to nationality: British (red), Austrians (green), and Hanoverians/Hessians (yellow). This sketch, and the field sketch from which it was compiled (RCIN 728126), would have formed part of the compilation materials for RCIN 728103.

Condition: no fold lines; surface dirt.
  • George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)

  • Watermark: A circle with a design within (wreath?); countermark: IV

    Mark, stamped: 348

    Condition: no fold lines; surface dirt

  • Scale: not stated. 1:62,000 approx.

    15.0 x 22.6 cm (image)

    16.4 x 26.5 cm (sheet)

    21.5 x 31.3 cm (mount)

  • Manuscript title:

    Camps des Alliés près Mutterstadt, Anno 1743. / le 26 de Septembre & le 11. d'Octobre. [top centre]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampments near Mutterstadt 26 Sept.r and 11 Oct. 1743.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 33. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 61.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment Plan dessiné des Camps des Alliés pres de Mutterstadt le 26 Sept.re et le 11 Octobre 1743, [in red ink:] par M.r Schultz. [The same entry appears under the heading Mutterstadt.]

  • Subject(s)

    Mutterstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°26'29"N 08°21'22"E)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024