Map of St Peter's Hill, 1747 (Sint Pietersberg, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°49'15"N 05°41'08"E

Johann Lambert Kolleffel (1706-63) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] von J Kolleffel Capt Ing.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Strasburg lily and bend, the letters C & I H below

Mark, stamped: 688

Condition: no fold lines; brown staining to both sides

Scale: 1:30,800 approx. Maasstab zu obiger Gegend [104 mm =] 2000 Schrit.

21.2 x 41.6 cm (image)

24.3 x 45.1 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

Der Gegend von Kaster, nebst der Französischen Linie, wie sol= / = che von Ihnen t: 14^ten Augusti A^o 1747 Morgens fruh ist verlassen, und / noch an selbigen Tag von denen Kaÿser: Königl: Alliirten ist demoliret wor= / den. [top centre, in rectangular panel]

Insets:

[left, down left side of map, three sections through the French line:] Profiels. Scale: Scale bars: Maasstab zu denen Profils [127 mm =] 45 Schu [Schritt]; 1:290 approx. Size: 19.7 x 15.2 cm (neatline); plan: 15.6 x 13.4 cm (neatline); 19.8 x 13.4 cm (image). [Top right, a larger-scale plan of the French line:] Grund=Riss. / Der Französischen Liniæ. Scale: 1:4,760 approx. Maasstab zu dem Grund=Riss [84 mm =] 500 Schrit. Size: 4.2 x 12.3 cm (neatline); 19.9 x 12.3 cm (image).

Additional text:

[right, a key, A-G, to the different parts of the line:] Erklærung.

Annotations:

George III heading: S.^t Peter's Hill 14 Aug.^t 1747.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left black pencil:] VII/34 [and] XIII/49-q; [top right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] St. Peter's Hill.

George III catalogue entry:

Peter's Hill, S.^t A drawn Plan of the Environs of Kaster on S.^t Peter's Hill, with the French Line demolished by the Allies the 14.^th of August 1747: and a Ground Plan and Profiles of the Line; by Captain von Kolleffel Ing.^r