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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

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      Frontispiece for a collection of maps of encampments in the Netherlands, 1746

      Receuil / des Camps, que l’Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17...

      1746 or later

      Pen, ink on paper; a collection of nineteen folios, stitched together with string | 21.3 x 34.2 cm (image) | RCIN 730053.a

      Frontispiece for a collection of eighteen maps of the encampments of the Allied army in the Netherlands, under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine, between 17 July and 31 October 1746. See also RCINs 730053.b-s.

      Condition: no fold lines; three small tears to bottom edge. Verso: some offsetting.
      • Anonymous (cartographer)

      • Watermark: C & I HONIG

        Mark, stamped: 529

        Condition: no fold lines; three small tears to bottom edge. Verso: some offsetting

      • 21.3 x 34.2 cm (image)

        20.8 x 33.6 cm (necklace)

        24.0 x 37.4 cm (sheet)

      • Manuscript title:

        Receuil / des Camps, que l’Armée / Alliée aux Paÿs bas sous les / Ordres de Son Altesse Roÿal Mon= / seigneur le Duc Charles de / Lorraine a pris depuis le / 17 Juillet jusqu’au dernier Octob / de l’an 1746.

        Annotations:

        (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] XII?[?]. (Verso) none.

        George III catalogue entry:

        Encampment Receuil de 18 Plans dessinés des Camps que l’Armée Alliée sous les ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine a pris dans les Pays Bas depuis le 17 Juillet jusqu’au 31 Oct.re 1746. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]

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      • 14 March 2024