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
Konigshof and Prague, 1742
Plan van het Campement van de Fransche / Armée onder't Canon van Praag den 15 Août 1742. // Plan du Camp de l'Armée Françoise / sous le Canon de Prague le 15 Aug.t 1742
1742 or laterEngraving; two maps printed from separate plates on one sheet of paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 728068
The plan (oriented with west to top) of the camp of the Austrian army at Konigshal (or Konigshof) on 27 June 1742 shows a similar disposition of troops to the map of the same camp and order of battle at RCIN 728063.q. All the regiments are named. Konigshof is about 31 km (19.26 miles) from Prague.
The plan of Prague (oriented with south-east to top; cardinal points) is a crude representation of the city and the surrounding area with the Austrian encampments. Regiments are named.
Additional text: [left, below title, a key, A-I, K-N, to the camps, batteries, redoubts, etc.]
For further reading, see:
C.D. Williams, ‘Johnson, Alexander (bap. 1716, d. 1799)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 15.2 x 9.9 cm. Verso: bottom left quarter, heavy surface dirt; offsetting from another copy of the same map indicating that the Royal Collection example has been laid down on top of another copy, perhaps fresh from the press, during the printing process.
Alexander Johnson (publisher) [bottom left, inside neatline:] A la Haye chez Alex. Johnson.
Watermark: ‘BEAVUAIS’ and Strasburg bend and lily
Condition: five fold lines; formerly folded to 15.2 x 9.9 cm. Verso: bottom left quarter, heavy surface dirt; offsetting from another copy of the same map indicating that the Royal Collection example has been laid down on top of another copy, perhaps fresh from the press, during the printing process.
Scale: not stated
24.7 x 38.5 cm (image of map of Prague)
24.2 x 38.0 cm (neatline of map of Prague)
25.3 x 39.1 cm (platemark of map of Prague)
18.8 x 20.4 cm (image and neatline of map of Konigshal)
19.8 x 21.5 cm (platemark of map of Konigshal)
54.4 x 42.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan van het Campement van de Fransche / Armée onder't Canon van Praag den 15 Août 1742. // Plan du Camp de l'Armée Françoise / sous le Canon de Prague le 15 Aug.t 1742 [bottom map, in Dutch and French]
Additional text:
[left, below title, a key, A-I, K-N, to the camps, batteries, redoubts, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Konigshal 27 June, and Prague 25 Aug.t 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, right of centre, black pencil:] Prague; [bottom centre, black pencil:] VIII; [right of centre, red pencil:] 7/45; [bottom right, black pencil mostly erased:] Prague 25 Aug. 1742.
George III catalogue entry:
Konigshal Plan du Camp de l'Armée Francoise sous le Canon de Prague, le 15 Aout 1742: et un Plan du Camp a Konigshal le 27 Juin 1742: chez Johnson. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment and Prague.]
Subject(s)
also known as Konigshal; Králův Dvůr, Středočesky Kraj, Czech Republic (49°56'59"N 14°02'04"E)
Prague, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
C.D. Williams, ‘Johnson, Alexander (bap. 1716, d. 1799)’, Dictionary pf National Biography, 2004
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