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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

JOHANN CARL TREU (ACTIVE 1744-6)

Ladenburg, 1745

PLAN / de la ville de Ladenburg / avec le Retrenchement fait / par les Francois et qu'lis aban= / donnerent avec precipitation / le 14e Jul: 1745

1745 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:5,100 approx. | RCIN 729133

A map of Ladenburg, showing the abandoned French fortifications works, 14 July 1745. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west to top (cardinal points).

Additional text: [left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-Q, to the significant military features on the map.]

Condition: four fold lines; trimmed to edge of image; induced discolouration on verso.
  • Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right of title panel:] J.C. Treu / Elev:

  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the joined letters WR below

    Mark, stamped: 466

    Condition: four fold lines; trimmed to edge of image; induced discolouration on verso

  • Scale: 1:5,100 approx. Scale bar: [79 mm =] 500 Pas.

    22.4 x 33.0 cm (neatline)

    25.6 x 26.3 cm (image and sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    PLAN / de la ville de Ladenburg / avec le Retrenchement fait / par les Francois et qu'lis aban= / donnerent avec precipitation / le 14e Jul: 1745. [top left, in irregularly shaped cartouche with rococo flourishes]

    Additional text:

    [left, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-Q, to the significant military features on the map.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Ladenburg 14 July 1745.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] IX/[?]3. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] X/93; [bottom right, black pencil:] X/93.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Ladenburg Plan dessiné de la Ville de Ladenburg avec le Retrenchement fait par les Francois et qu'ils abandonnerent le 14 Juillet 1745, par I.C. Treu.

  • Subject(s)

    Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°28'23"N 08°36'32"E)

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  • 14 March 2024