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
Map of encampment at Maastricht and St Peter's Hill, 1747 (Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E; (Sint Pietersberg, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°49'15"N 05°41'08"E
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined; laid down on two pieces of linen, sewn together | Scale: 1:7,500 approx. | RCIN 730154
The area covered extends from Fort St Piere (Fort Sint Pieter 50°50'09"N 05°41'05"E) southwards to the castle of Lichtenberg (now in ruins: 50°49'21"N 05°41'39"E) and further south to Gaster (now a small hamlet, Caster, in the Walloon Region of Belgium, 50°48'30"N 05°41'17"E). The Line and encampment shown here on the west bank of the Meuse were part of the Allied army encampments which were made to the south and east of Maastricht after the Battle of Lafelt (2 July 1747), and while the siege of Bergen op Zoom (14 July-18 September 1747) was being conducted. The geographical relationship between the camp at St Peter's Hill and the rest of the army is shown on RCIN 730142.
Condition: no fold lines visible; substantial foxing to both sides.
S.L. de Suly (active 1747) (draughtsman) [bottom left:] S.L. de Suly [oberstleut].
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: A lion, facing right, holding a sword in a crowned shield, a circle below; countermark: C L H
Mark, stamped: 667
Condition: no fold lines visible; substantial foxing to both sides
Scale: 1:7,500 approx. Scale bar: [73 mm =] 300 Kl:.
36.0 x 43.8 cm (image and neatline)
37.8 x 48.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / Der Situation zwischen dem Schlos / Lichtenburg, und dem Fort St: Piere, / in welcher die Neü angelegte Linie, / nebst den Neüen Campement ange ,, / ,, merket ist. [bottom left]
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Peter's Hill 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] C. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] [?VII/34 and] XIII/[49]; [top right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] S.t Peter's Hill.
George III catalogue entry:
Peter's Hill, S.t Plan der Situation zwischen dem Schlos Lichtenburg und dem Fort S.t Piere, in welcher die neu angelegte Linie nebst den neuem Campement angemerket ist, 1747: von S.L. de Suly. drawn.
Subject(s)
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E)
Sint Pietersberg, Limburg, Netherlands (50°49'15"N 05°41'08"E)
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