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
Höchst, 1745
PLAN / de la ville de Höchst avec le / retranchement fait par les Francois / au Mois de Maÿ et jun: 1745
1745 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:5,800 approx. | RCIN 729112
Additional text: [bottom centre, a key, A-I, K-O, to the fortifications, parts of the town, and the two bridges each of 20 boats, partly burnt by the enemy, and the four dams for flooding the ditch, but which had been carried away by the force of the water.]
Condition: four fold lines; formerly folded to 9.7 x 13.1 cm; some abrasion to surface where detail has been scraped out.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right:] J.C. Treu / Elev:
Watermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 447
Condition: four fold lines; formerly folded to 9.7 x 13.1 cm; some abrasion to surface where detail has been scraped out
Scale: 1:5,800 approx. Scale bar: [70 mm =] 500 Pas.
22.3 x 28.8 cm (image and neatline)
25.6 x 32.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / de la ville de Höchst avec le / retranchement fait par les Francois / au Mois de Maÿ et jun: 1745. [bottom centre]
Additional text:
[bottom centre, a key, A-I, K-O, to the fortifications, parts of the town, and the two bridges each of 20 boats, partly burnt by the enemy, and the four dams for flooding the ditch, but which had been carried away by the force of the water.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Hochst May-June 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] X/92; [bottom right, black pencil:] X/92.
George III catalogue entry:
Hochst Plan dessiné de la Ville de Hochst avec le Retranchement fait par les Francois aux mois de Mai et Juin 1745: par J.C. Treu.
Subject(s)
Höchst, Hesse, Germany (50°05'44"N 08°32'19"E)
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