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 between Heidelberg and Ladenburg, 1745 (Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 49°24'27"N 08°41'26"E; (Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 49°28'30"N 08°36'25"E
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:33,800 approx. | RCIN 729145
The troop rectangles are not identified but appear to be coloured according to nationality: Austrian (yellow); Dutch (green); Hanoverian (red). The headquarters of Francis Stephen, the Grand Duke of Tuscany (1708-65) is at Heidelberg; the Austrian Generals' headquarters are at Heidelberg, Neuheim (Neuenheim 49°25'00"N 08°41'00"E), and Ladenburg; those of the Dutch are at Dossenheim (49°27'01"N 08°40'29"E), and those of the Hanoverians are at Handschuheim (no longer a separate settlement but part of the urban sprawl between Neuheim and Dossenheim; the name is preserved in the ‘Handschuhsheimer Landstraße’).
Additional text: [top left, in title panel, a note of the locations of the Austrian, Dutch, and Hanoverian headquarters and the pontoon bridge over the River Neckar.]
Condition: four fold lines; trimmed to edge of image. Verso: induced discolouration.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom right of title panel:] J.C. Treu / Elev:
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the joined letters WR below
Mark, stamped: 475
Condition: four fold lines; trimmed to edge of image. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:33,800 approx. Scale bar: [72 mm =] 3000 Pass.
24.7 x 35.0 cm (image and sheet)
21.1 x 31.3 cm (neatline)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / du Camp de l'Armée alliée enter Heidelberg et Ladenburg / occupé le 30me Jul. 1745. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top left, in title panel, a note of the locations of the Austrian, Dutch, and Hanoverian headquarters and the pontoon bridge over the River Neckar.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Heidelberg 30 July 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] X/100. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] X/100.
George III catalogue entry:
Heidelberg Plan dessiné du Camp de l'Armée Alliée entre Heidelberg et Ladenburg occupé le 30 Juillet 1745: par I.C. Treu. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°24'27"N 08°41'26"E)
Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°28'30"N 08°36'25"E)
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