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 Prague, 1741 (Prague, Czech Republic) 50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E
published 1743Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:21,000 approx. | RCIN 728051
This is a topographical map showing the fortified walls of Prague with two small-scale maps of the same area showing, on the left, the positions of the French (in red) and Austrian (in green) camps and, on the right, the field fortifications and positions of the French troops during the siege. Prague surrendered to the French and Saxon army on 26 November 1741.
Insets: [right, seven profiles of sections through the fortifications]. Size: 11.3 x 10.7 cm (neatline). [Bottom right:] Plan de l'Armeé Françoise campeé sous PRAG en Juin et Juillet 1742. [with a key to the map:] Description du Camp. Scale: 1:55,650 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une quart de Lieue [20 mm =]. Size: 15.0 x 18.0 cm (neatline); map only: 10.4 x 14.5 cm (neatline). [Bottom left:] Le meme Campement / Dessiné par un autre / Ingenieur. Size: 13.2 x 19.3 cm (neatline).
Additional text: [top left, in rococo cartouche, embellished with the artefacts of war, a key to the map, A-I, K-T, X, Y:] Legende.
Condition: three fold lines; the edges of the map have been strengthened by paper strips [in the eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries?]. Verso: some induced discolouration.
Meyer (active 1741-3) (draughtsman) [bottom centre, below scale bar:] Dessiné par Meyer Lieutenant d'Artill.
Sinsart (active 1741-3) (draughtsman) [bottom right:] Dessiné par Sinfart Ingenieur François.
Homann's Heirs (1724-1848) (publisher) [top, following on from title:] Ans Licht gestellt von Homœn Erben. A 1743. C.P.S.C.M. // mise au jour / par les Heritiers de Homan. l'An 1743. Avec Privilege Imperial.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-SaxonyArmy-AustriaWatermark: Cropped, a crowned shield; countermark: indistinct
Condition: three fold lines; the edges of the map have been strengthened by paper strips [in the eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries?]. Verso: some induced discolouration
Scale: 1:21,000 approx. Scale bar: 500 Toises [47 mm =].
47.3 x 56.6 cm (neatline)
50.7 x 58.5 cm (image)
53.6 x 60.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Kriegs-Expeditions-Karte in Böhmen I. Blat, in welchem die / Haubstadt PRAG mit der Französischen und Sæchsischen / Belagerūg und Eroberung, so den 26. Novembre 1741 geschehen, / vor gestellet wird. // Carte des Expeditions de Guerre en Boheme, I. Feuille, dans laquelle / se voit le Plan de la Ville de PRAGUE, assiegeé et prise par les Troupes / auxiliaires de France et de Saxe en l'An 1741, le 26. Novembre. [top, outside border, in German and French]
Insets:
[right, seven profiles of sections through the fortifications]. Size: 11.3 x 10.7 cm (neatline). [Bottom right:] Plan de l'Armeé Françoise campeé sous PRAG en Juin et Juillet 1742. [with a key to the map:] Description du Camp. Scale: 1:55,650 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une quart de Lieue [20 mm =]. Size: 15.0 x 18.0 cm (neatline); map only: 10.4 x 14.5 cm (neatline). [Bottom left:] Le meme Campement / Dessiné par un autre / Ingenieur. Size: 13.2 x 19.3 cm (neatline).
Additional text:
Legende. [top left, in rococo cartouche, embellished with the artefacts of war, a key to the map, A-I, K-T, X, Y]
Annotations:
George III heading: Prague taken 26 Nov.r 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 2; [bottom centre, black pencil:] IV/29 [the ‘IV’ is crossed out in black pencil.]
George III catalogue entry:
Prague Plan de la Ville de Prague assiegée et prise par les Troupes auxiliares de France et de Saxe le 26 Novembre 1741: par le Lieut. Meyer, chez les Heretiers d'Homann, 1743.
Subject(s)
Prague, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E)
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