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 Rhine, 1745
1745 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:257,300 approx. | RCIN 729065
The area covered extends from Ehringshausen (Hesse, Germany 50°36'00"N 08°23'00"E) in the north to Mainz in the south, and from the Rhine in the west to Lich (Hesse, Germany 50°31'14"N 08°49'01"E). Dotted lines mark boundaries between different political units which are named; straight lines, drawn in red, blue, orange, yellow, green and black appear to indicate groups of settlements, each marked with an upper case letter which refers to the key, top right.
Additional text: [top left, in rectangular panel with rococo embellishments, a table of the places, identified by red underlining, where troops, divided into infantry and cavalry, were posted along the Rhine in 1745 from Bibrich to Lahnstein, together with the number of officers and rank and file at each:] TABELLE. / Der Anno 1745 von Bibrich bis / Ober Lahnstein längst den Rhein / ausgesetzt, gewesene Postirung / wovon die Posten mit Roth unterstrichen / marquiret sejn. [Top right, in an irregularly shaped panel, a key to the letters on the map, A-I, K-Y, identifying the names of the regiments, the places where they were cantoned, and the regimental rectangles, coloured according to the uniforms, of each:] CANTONIRUNGS QUARTIERE / Somit Lienien von der Couleur des / Reg: Zusam[m]en gezogen, im gleichen die / Stabs: quartt: mit Batt: marquiret sein.
Condition: four fold lines; formerly folded to 10.4 x 14.8 cm; surface dirt along left edge. Verso: worn along fold lines; induced discolouration; brown staining.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (draughtsman) [bottom right, below title, in title cartouche:] Johann Carl Treu. / Ingenieur. en Volont:
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-DutchArmy-GBArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters V D L below
Mark, stamped: 407
Condition: four fold lines; formerly folded to 10.4 x 14.8 cm; surface dirt along left edge. Verso: worn along fold lines; induced discolouration; brown staining
Scale: not stated. 1:257,300 approx.
27.4 x 41.2 cm (neatline)
27.8 x 41.7 cm (image)
29.1 x 43.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
GENERAL CARTE / Sowoll von der am Rhein / gehaltenen Postirung als / auch derer Cantonirungs / Quarttiere der Infantterie und / Cavallerie / Seiner Königl: Majest: v: G: B: / und Ch: Fürstl: Dürchl: zu Br: / und Lüneb: Teutschen Truppen / unter Commando des Herrn / Generall von Sommerfeldt. Exe. / Anno 1745. [bottom right, in cartouche representing a carved stone plinth over which is draped a scroll, flanked, left, by the artefacts of war and right, by a tree]
Additional text:
TABELLE. / Der Anno 1745 von Bibrich bis / Ober Lahnstein längst den Rhein / ausgesetzt, gewesene Postirung / wovon die Posten mit Roth unterstrichen / marquiret sejn. [top left, in rectangular panel with rococo embellishments, a table of the places, identified by red underlining, where troops, divided into infantry and cavalry, were posted along the Rhine in 1745 from Bibrich to Lahnstein, together with the number of officers and rank and file at each]; CANTONIRUNGS QUARTIERE / Somit Lienien von der Couleur des / Reg: Zusam[m]en gezogen, im gleichen die / Stabs: quartt: mit Batt: marquiret sein. [Top right, in an irregularly shaped panel, a key to the letters on the map, A-I, K-Y, identifying the names of the regiments, the places where they were cantoned, and the regimental rectangles, coloured according to the uniforms, of each]
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonments on the Rhine 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] X/3[7].
George III catalogue entry:
Rhine General Carte sowoll von der am Rhein gehaltenen Postirung als auch derer Cantonirungs Quarttiere der Infantterie und Cavallerie seiner K.M. von Gross-Britan-Teutschen Truppern unter commando des General von Sommerfeldt, 1745: von I.C. Treu Ing.r drawn. [The same entry appears under the heading Cantonment.]
Subject(s)
Rhine River
Frankfurt [Germany]
Koblenz [Germany]
Mainz [Germany]
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