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 near Speyer and Worms, Rhine River 1743
c.1743Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on thicker rag paper | Scale: not stated. 1:172,000 approx. | RCIN 728116
The map shows the layouts of the Allied encampments at Worms (49°38'08"N 08°21'35"E) from 30 August to 25 September; at Franckenthal (49°32'14"N 08°21'18"E) from 25-26 September and 12 to 13 October, and at Spire (Speyer 49°19'47"N 08°25'40"E) from 27 to 30 September and 30 September to 11 October.
This rough field sketch would have formed part of the compilation for Schultz's Plan of all the Marches and Incampments of the Army of the Allies commanded by His Majesty the King of Great Britain from the Battle of Dettingen to the End of the Campain, in the Year 1743 which is at RCIN 728103.
Condition: six fold lines; creased; worn and torn along folds; brown discolouration.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 340
Condition: six fold lines; creased; worn and torn along folds; brown discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:172,000 approx.
29.3 x 15.4 cm (image and sheet)
40.1 x 28.0 cm (mount)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment of the Allied Army on the Rhine 30 Aug.t - 13 Oct.r 1743.
Other annotations: none visible; none on mount.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampments of the Allied Army on the Rhine (between Spire and Worms) from the 30.th of Aug.t to the 13.th of Oct.r 1743, [in red ink:] by M.r Schultz. [The same entry appears under the heading Rhine.]
Subject(s)
Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°19'47"N 08°25'40"E)
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°38'08"N 08°21'35"E)
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