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
Netherlands, 1744
Journal de la Campagne de l'anne 1744
1744 or laterInk on paper | 23.0 x 37.3 cm (two sheets, each 23.0 x 37.3 cm, folded once; eight sides of writing; then formerly folded twice more to 10.8 x 9.2 cm) | RCIN 729007.a
Condition: three fold lines.
Anonymous (author)
Watermark: A horn in a shield, crown above, the figure ‘4’ suspending the letters GR below; the letters HR
Mark, stamped: 354
Condition: three fold lines
23.0 x 37.3 cm (two sheets, each 23.0 x 37.3 cm, folded once; eight sides of writing; then formerly folded twice more to 10.8 x 9.2 cm)
Manuscript title:
Journal de la Campagne de l'anne 1744.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments in the Netherlands 1744.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Netherlands A Journal of the Campaign of 1744, with five Plans of the Encampments &.c of the Allied Army in the Netherlands. MS. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
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