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 Worms, 1743
Camp des Alliés / près de Worms. / 1743. / du 30: Aout, au 25: Sep
1743 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on thin card | Scale: not stated. 1:50,000 approx. | RCIN 728117
The camp is shown in three lines extending from Rheindurkeim (Rhein-Dürkheimer-Fahrt 49°41'00"N 08°21'00"E) in the north to Neuhausen (49°39'00"N 08°21'00"E) in the south, between Hornsheim (Herrnsheim 49°39'29"N 08°19'44"E) in the west, and the Rhine in the east: a linear distance of about 3.75 km.
This rough field sketch would have formed part of the compilation materials for Schultz's Plan of all the Marches and Iincampments 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 at RCIN 728103.
Condition: no fold lines; a tear along the bottom of the inked detail, perhaps where a ruled ink line has been scraped out so as to allow for the possible extension of the map detail, to include the detail in pencil below.
George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: Map: indistinct, a wreath with flowers within? Backing sheet: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield with a ‘4’ below and the letters L V G.
Mark, stamped: 341
Condition: no fold lines; a tear along the bottom of the inked detail, perhaps where a ruled ink line has been scraped out so as to allow for the possible extension of the map detail, to include the detail in pencil below
Scale: not stated. 1:50,000 approx.
14.3 x 15.0 cm (image)
16.9 x 25.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Camp des Alliés / près de Worms. / 1743. / du 30: Aout, au 25: Sep. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Worms 30 Aug.t - 25 Sept.r 1743.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Camp des Alliés pres de Worms depuis le 30 Aout jusqu’au 25 Sept.r 1743, [in red ink:] by M.r Schultz. [The same entry appears under the heading Worms.]
Subject(s)
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°38'08"N 08°21'35"E)
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