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 North Brabant, 1748 (North Brabant, Netherlands)
dated 1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:108,700 approx. | RCIN 731037
Additional text: [right, below title, keys, A-I, K-T, V-W and 1-10, to the names of the regiments, and the number of battalions in each, and to the squadrons and their places of cantonment:] Explication.
Condition: nine fold lines; brown staining. Verso: substantial foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
J.P. Isenbart (active 1746-8) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] im General Quartier / zu Herpen / 22ten Julÿ 1748 / J P Isenbart.
Subject(s)
Army-GermanyWatermark: Indistinct
Mark, stamped: 749
Condition: nine fold lines; brown staining. Verso: substantial foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:108,700 approx.
44.0 x 58.8 cm (neatline)
44.6 x 70.3 cm (image)
48.2 x 73.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
CARTE / Von die Cantonnierungs Quartiere / welche Sr Königlichen Majestæt / von Gross=Britannien Teutschen / Trouppen in denen Niederlanden / im Julio 1748. occupiret. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[right, below title, keys, A-I, K-T, V-W and 1-10, to the names of the regiments, and the number of battalions in each, and to the squadrons and their places of cantonment:] Explication.
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonments in the Netherlands July 1748.
Other annotations (Recto) [top right, black pencil, perhaps in the hand of Mason, Cumberland's librarian:] 145. (Verso) [top, right of centre, ink, crossed out and obscured by white paper label:] Cantonment; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 82.
George III catalogue entry:
Cantonment Carte von die Contonierungs Quartiere welche S.r Koniglichen Majestæt von Gross-Britannien Deutschen Trouppen in den Niederlanden im Julio 1748 occupiret : von J. P. Isenbart, 22 July 1748. drawn.
Subject(s)
North Brabant, Netherlands
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