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 Roermond and Hellenrouck, 1748
THE ENCAMPMENT / of the Allied Army, / commanded by H. R. H. / the Duke of CUMBERLAND / at HELLENROUCK / May 3d 1748
c.1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:18,900 approx. | RCIN 731013
Encamped regiments are named. The bridgehead across the Meuse is not shown on this map.
Additional text: [right, down right side of map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-78, to the names of the British, Hanoverian, and Austrian infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments and the Grand Guards and Guards of the Piquets:] REFERENCES.
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt around edges; some foxing. Verso: foxing; bottom left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
William Hall (active 1745-9) (draughtsman) [top left, at end of title:] by W: Hall.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield
Mark, stamped: 727
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt around edges; some foxing. Verso: foxing; bottom left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:18,900 approx. Scale bar: [43 mm =] 100 [i.e. 1000] Paces.
47.1 x 30.8 cm (neatline)
47.7 x 31.4 cm (image)
53.2 x 35.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
THE ENCAMPMENT / of the Allied Army, / commanded by H. R. H. / the Duke of CUMBERLAND / at HELLENROUCK / May 3d 1748. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[right, down right side of map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-78, to the names of the British, Hanoverian, and Austrian infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments and the Grand Guards and Guards of the Piquets:] REFERENCES.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Hellenrouck 19 April-12 May 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, in Schultz’s or Mason’s hand:] 136. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 69. [centre, red pencil:] 70.
George III catalogue entry:
Hellenrouck A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army commanded by the Duke of Cumberland at Hellenrouck in 1748 by W. Hall Eng.r 3 May 1748. [The same entry occurs under the heading Encampments.]
Subject(s)
Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands (51°11'39"N 05°59'15"E)
Hillenraed Castle, Limburg, Netherlands (51°13'18"N 06°02'03"E)
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