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 the Duchy of Jülich, 1741
1741 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: no scale indicated. 1:75,000 approx. | RCIN 728047
The attribution to Hancko is made on stylistic grounds. The map is bounded by the River Maas on the west, and the River Ruhr on the east, and extends from Rurermond (Roermond 51°11'39"N 05°59'15"E) in the north to Liège (50°38'00"N 05°34'00"E) in the south. Principal cities, towns, lines of communication, political boundaries, and the routes of the French army between Liège and Aix-la-Chapelle, and the encampments at Liège, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen 50°46'35"N 06°05'00"E), Juilliers (Jülich 50°55''21"N 06°21'50"E), Heinsberg (51°03'48"N 06°05'59"E), Sittart (Sittard 50°59'54"N 05°52'10"E), St. Cornelis (Kornelimünster 50°43'41"N 06°10'38"E), Stolberg (50°46'25"N 06°13'33"E), Eschwiler (Eschweiler 50°49'06"N 06°16'18"E), Dueren (Düren 50°48'15"N 06°29'34"E) and Aldenhoven (50°54'00"N 06°17'00"E) are all shown, as well as the encampments of the French army at Liège and Aix up until July 1741.
Additional text: [top left, below title, a key to the symbols used on the map:] Renvoÿ.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: creases and dirt patterns suggest that this item was, at some time, stored tightly rolled.
? François Hancko (active 1741-8) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Strasburg bend and lily with countermark IV
Mark, stamped: 276
Condition: one fold line. Verso: creases and dirt patterns suggest that this item was, at some time, stored tightly rolled
Scale: no scale indicated. 1:75,000 approx.
42.9 x 54.6 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Carte / des Routes et Contonnements des Trouppes / de Sa Majesté Britannique, au païs de / Juilliers en dessa de la Roer [top left] [also known as Duché de Juliers; Herzogtum Jülich. A state within the Holy Roman Empire; part of present-day North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany and Limburg Province in the Netherlands]
Additional text:
Renvoÿ. [top left, below title, a key to the symbols used on the map]
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonments in the Duchy of Juliers in 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1741; [bottom centre, red pencil:] 7/15; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] 33.
George III catalogue entry:
Juliers Carte dessinée des Routes et Cantonnements des Trouppes de S. M. Britannique au Pais de Juliers en deça de la Roer en 1741. [The same entry appears under the heading Cantonment.]
Subject(s)
Limburg [Belgium]
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