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