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Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Jaques Naudin (active 1702-41)

Hunsrück, 1691-1735

CARTE / PARTICULIERE / D’UNE PARTIE DU PAYS DE / HUNDTSRUCK, LE DEUX PONTS, / PARTIE / DU PALATINAT, MAYENCE, / ET LE COMTÉ DE BITSCH, / Borné a gauche par la Saare, depuis l’Abbaye / ruiné d’Herbertzheim jusqu’a... dated 1743

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on 38 sheets of paper, joined; laid down on four pieces of coarse brown linen, stitched together; edged with cerise silk ribbon; two pink linen ties to left edge; four brass rings for hanging attached to top edge | Scale: 1:28,800 approx. | RCIN 724050.b

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One of three maps of Hunsrück from 1691 to 1735. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). These three sheets appear, from the title, to be a copy of part of the series of large-scale military topographical mapping of the region of Lorraine between 1728 and 1739. This was undertaken by Jean-Baptiste Naudin (active 1688-1726), his brother Jaques (active 1702-41, known as Naudin le Jeune, Naudin Cadet, and then Naudin Père), his son, Jean-Jaques Naudin who was born c.1714 and began surveying and plan drawing in about 1732 and Jacques Denis (born c.1686) who took part in all the surveys of Lorraine from 1732. The Elector Palatine from 1742 to 1799 was Charles Theodore. The other two maps can be found at RCINs 724050.a and c. 

The surviving maps from this series are preserved in the Médiathèque de Metz, the Service Historique de la Défence, and the Institut Géographique National and a map covering a similar area to this K.Mil. example, is in the King's Topographical Collection in the British Library (K.Top.LXXXVIII.62).

The maps catalogued here are in a different draughting style to those of the Naudins or of Denis and are presumably, therefore, the work of Capitaine de Groth. Part 1 (RCIN 724050.a) overlaps slightly with part of the eastern edge of Map 07 (RES ROL 011); none of Part 2 (RCIN 724050.b) appears to be covered by any of the other extant maps, while Part 3 (RCIN 724050.c) appears to be a direct copy. Part 3 covers the same area as Map C08 in the collection of the Médiathèque de Metz (RES ROL 012), but the different draughting style is presumably that of Capitaine de Groth. Place-name spellings are rendered in German rather than in French, and other differences in detail include the omission of some of the annotations such as 'P.P.' for stone bridge at, for example, Wiebelskirchen (Wibelskircken on the Metz copy) or 'P.B.' for wooden bridge at Hamgardt (Hamgard); names are occasionally omitted, such as that of the River Austler north of Niederkirch and Winsweiller, south of Alsbrick. Occasionally there is the insertion of a name which is missing from the Metz example, such as the addition of 'Gresenhus' in between Ramberg (Bamberg) and Dernebach, south-west of Neustadt.

The area covered extends further east than the examples in France. Where there is some overlap, a comparison between the two shows considerable difference in detail. This ranges from the method of showing relief, to differences in outline of settlements, in the alignment and colouring of roads, and in the spelling of place-names, of which there are numerous examples. RCIN 724050.a (near the top of the sheet) has the place-name 'Steinkahlenfels' in the vicinity of Kirn, but is rendered as 'Stinkalfelds' on the Metz copy. Many place-names appear on the Royal Collection examples, but not on the Metz copy and vice-versa. Furthermore, fords marked on the original map are not indicated on the German copy.

  • Creator(s)

    Jaques Naudin (active 1702-41) (surveyor)

    Jacques Denis Naudin (b. c. 1686) (surveyor)

    Jean-Jaques Naudin (b. c. 1714) (surveyor)

    de Groth (active 1743) (draughtsman) [bottom right, in plain rectangular box below other text:] Leué tres exactement par Les S:rs Naudins et son fils / Ingenieurs ordinaire du Roy, fait par de Groth Capitaine / des Ingenieurs de S. A. S. E.le Patalin a Mannheim ce 15e juillet / 1743.

  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; no countermark visible

    Condition: five modern folds; creased; paper very fragile and torn, or about to be torn; surface dirt along left edge. Verso: surface dirt along left edge; formerly kept as a roll, the surface dirt pattern shows in what direction the map was rolled, i.e. from left to right

  • Scale: 1:28,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une lieüe d'Allemagne [135 mm =].

    168.4 x 263.8 cm (image and sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    CARTE / PARTICULIERE / D’UNE PARTIE DU PAYS DE / HUNDTSRUCK, LE DEUX PONTS, / PARTIE / DU PALATINAT, MAYENCE, / ET LE COMTÉ DE BITSCH, / Borné a gauche par la Saare, depuis l’Abbaye / ruiné d’Herbertzheim jusqu’a Saarbourg / Et à droite elle s’etende, jusqu’a la petite Ville de / Bacherach sur le Rhein, ou se trouvent les Villes, / Fortresses, Et Residences Electorales de Mayence et / Palatin, avec le Cours du Rhin, Confluence, du Meyn & du Necker [continued, bottom right, in plain rectangular box:] Continuatio / Et autre, mise en trois parties auec / repetition, pour en rendre l’usage plus commode, et ou se trouuent aussi tres exactement marqué les Campe / ments des diuerse guerres, qu'occupoient / les Armées du Roy, lors qu’il agissoit / contre l’Empire, sur le Rhin, les ponts / des Pierres, sont marqué P.P. et ceux / de charpent P.B. [bottom centre, in decorative cartouche embellished with canon, fascines, trumpets, spears, flags and other paraphernalia of war]

    Additional text:

    [bottom right, below surveyors' names:] Remarques / Il y a quelque Noin de village, les quells par mégard ont èté transe / mis, ils sont cependant marqué [with a maltese cross], et on trouue un Signe par= / =eille proche l'un de l'autre Signifie que Les noms doiuent etre / pris l'un pour l'autre.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: [black pencil:] Hunsdruck Part 2.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] N.o 2 LXXXVIII/63 Part II / I Table I.Q.3. IV/50 Military. (Verso) [bottom centre, black pencil:] Hundsruck Part 2; [top right, black pencil:] p 15.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment Carte particuliere dessinée du Pays de Hundsruck, avec le Duché de Deux Ponts, partie du Palatinat, Mayence et le Comté de Bitsch: levée sur les lieux par le S.r Naudin, son fils et Denis Ing.rs en 1736 et 37; faite par le Capitaine de Groth Ing.r en 1742 et 43. en 3 parties. 68 feuilles. (Sur la partie N.o 2 de cette Carte on a marqué les Campemens de l’Armée du Roy depuis 1691 jusques a 1735. [The same entry appears under the heading Hundsruck.]

  • Possibly George II (1683-1760); subsequently probably acquired by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II, and then by George III (1738-1820)

     

  • Subject(s)

    Hunsrück [hill], Hesse, Germany (51°01ʹ34ʺN 09°06ʹ03ʺE)

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