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 Hanau, Frankfurt and Order of battle of the Allied army at Hanau, 1743 (Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany) 50"08'00"N 08"55'00"E; (Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany) 50°06'55"N 08°41'03"E
1743 or laterEngraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:44,000 approx. | RCIN 728106.b
Insets: [bottom, below map in rectangular panel:] Ordre de Bataille [and] Ordre de Battaille de l'Armée / de S.M. la Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme / Sous le Prince Charles de Lorraine.
Additional text: [above map, key, 1-39, to the names of the regiments of the 'Premier Ligne' of the order of battle of the Allied Army, and another key, 1-35 to the 'Seconde Ligne'.]
Condition: four fold lines; worn and torn along folds; old paper repair to folds then laid down on coarse linen; brown discolouration. Verso: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
SH Speimann (active 1743) (draughtsman) [bottom left, below neatline:] S.H. Speirmann del.
A Rheinhardt (active 1740s) (engraver) [bottom right, below neatline:] A. Rheinhardt, sc. à Francfort.
Philippe Henry Hutter (active 1743-61) (mapseller) [bottom centre, below neatline:] Se vend chez Philippe Henry Hutter, à Francfort.
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-FranceArmy-AustriaArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: None visible
Condition: four fold lines; worn and torn along folds; old paper repair to folds then laid down on coarse linen; brown discolouration. Verso: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:44,000 approx. Scale bar: Lieue de 6000 pas. [110 mm =].
32.5 x 39.7 cm (image)
31.9 x 39.7 cm (neatline of whole object)
16.4 x 39.5 cm (neatline of map)
32.7 x 42.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan du Camp des Alliés, qui se forma depuis le 28. Juin Jusqu’au 8. Août 1743. entre Francfort et Hanau. [top, above text]
Printed title:
Ordre de Bataille [and] Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée / de S. M. la Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme / sous le Prince Charles de Lorraine. [below map]
Insets:
Ordre de Bataille [and] Ordre de Battaille de l'Armée / de S.M. la Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme / Sous le Prince Charles de Lorraine. [bottom, below map in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[above map, key, 1-39, to the names of the regiments of the 'Premier Ligne' of the order of battle of the Allied Army, and another key, 1-35 to the 'Seconde Ligne'.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Hanau 28 June – 8 August 1743, and Orders of Battle in 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 5/17. (Verso) [bottom right, on linen backing, black pencil:] 8th August 1743.
George III catalogue entry:
Hanau Plan du Camp des Alliés depuis le 28 Juiun jusqu'au 8 Aout 1743 entre Francfort et Hanau; avec les Ordres de Bataille de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne commandée par le Roy de la grande Bretagne le 8 Aout 1743; et de l'Armée de la Reine d'Hongrie sous le Prince Charles de Lorraine par S. H. Speirmann, chez Hutter. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany (50"08'00"N 08"55'00"E)
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (50°06'55"N 08°41'03"E)
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