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 Rijckholt and Maastricht, 1747 (Rijckholt, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°47'57"N 05°43'55"E; (Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E
1747 or laterInk and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined | Scale: 1:33,300 approx. | RCIN 730145
Additional text: [bottom left, in title panel, a key A-D, to the camps and a note on the headquarters locations of the English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch and Austrian generals.]
Condition: five fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-DutchArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-FranceArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam; countermark: A L
Mark, stamped: 636
Condition: five fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:33,300 approx. Scale bar: [96 mm =] 4000 Schrit [sic].
25.0 x 40.5 cm (neatline)
25.7 x 41.3 cm (image)
28.2 x 42.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN von dem Lager der Alliirten Armée beÿ Mastricht. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in title panel, a key A-D, to the camps and a note on the headquarters locations of the English, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch and Austrian generals.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Richolt 9 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil:] 11/57 [the ‘57’ is crossed out in black pencil]; [bottom right, black pencil, erased and indistinct:] [XIII]/36; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Richolt
George III catalogue entry:
Richolt Plan von dem Lager der Allurten Armée zu Richolt bey Mastricht, den 9 July 1747. drawn. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Rijckholt, Limburg, Netherlands (50°47'57"N 05°43'55"E)
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E)
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