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
Order of battle, 1748, Allied army
No title
1748 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; pricking through | 32.8 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 731034
A rough draft with the regimental rectangles coloured according to nationality: British in red, Hanoverians in yellow, [Brunswickians?] in dark blue, against which is written the name of the regiment and a note of the colours of the facings of the coats.
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: ink has migrated through from recto.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Horn in crowned shield, the letters L V G below
Mark, stamped: 746
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: ink has migrated through from recto
32.8 x 14.5 cm (image)
35.0 x 19.7 cm (sheet; greatest extent)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1 June 1748.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle A drawn Sketch of the Order of Battle of the left Wing of the Allied Army commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, the 1.st June 1748.
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