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 Rijckholt and Maastricht, 1747
Campement / De l'armée alliée, et de celle de / France depuis le 8: Juillet jusqu' / au 18: D:o 1747
1747 or laterInk and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:50,750 approx. | RCIN 730143
A detailed map of the villages and towns between Tongeren, Bilsen, Maastricht and Viset, showing the routes between them, the three bridges across the Meuse at Maastricht, and the bridged crossing points on the River Geer. The positions of the encampments and the fortified lines are marked. Regiments are not named.
Additional text: [top left, below title cartouche, in a panel representing a scroll suspended from it, a key, A-I, K-L to the various divisions of the armies:] Renvoy.
Condition: one fold line; creased; a tear, top and bottom right, repaired by laying down on linen; foxing. Verso: foxing; induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 634
Condition: one fold line; creased; a tear, top and bottom right, repaired by laying down on linen; foxing. Verso: foxing; induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:50,750 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de ½ heure de chemin [48 mm =].
40.6 x 48.1 cm (neatline)
41.6 x 49.0 cm (image)
42.8 x 50.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement / De l'armée alliée, et de celle de / France depuis le 8: Juillet jusqu' / au 18: D:o 1747. [top left, in ornate cartouche]
Additional text:
[top left, below title cartouche, in a panel representing a scroll suspended from it, a key, A-I, K-L to the various divisions of the armies:] Renvoy.
Annotations:
George III heading: [on white paper strip on verso:] Encampment at Richolt 8 - 18 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 108; [in title cartouche, ink, in Schultz's or Mason's hand, the addition of the figures ‘8’ and ‘18’ to the dates]. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 32; [top, right of centre, ink or black pencil, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Richolt; [top right, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] [ ... ] 108; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil or ink, obscured by white paper strip:] [the old heading and:] 8-18 July 1747.
George III catalogue heading:
Richolt Plan dessiné du Campement de l'Armée Aliée a Richolt pres de Maestricht et de celle de France depuis le 8 jusqu'au 18 Juillet 1747. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Rijckholt, Limburg, Netherlands (50°47'57"N 05°43'55"E)
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E)
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