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
c.1748Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; pricking through | 16.7 x 43.7 cm (image) | RCIN 731032
The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds. This is another copy of RCIN 731031, without the title and designations of Capitaine General, Generaux, Lieut. Gen. and Majors Gen.
The General Officers of the First Line are Generals Sommerfeld, Legonier; Lieutenant-Generals Hammerstein, Zastrow, Druchtleben, Both, Huske, Albemarle, Hawley; Major-Generals Wrede, Borck, Block, Torington, Powlet, Bligh.
The General Officers of the Second Line are Lieutenant-Generals Montigny, Klinckostroom, Howard, Crawford; Major-Generals Adelepsen, Spörke, Stammer, Fowkes.
The positions of the cannon, between the battalions, in both lines are indicated. All regiments are named, and the regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to the uniform.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; IV
Mark, stamped: 744
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration
16.7 x 43.7 cm (image)
34.0 x 48.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ORDRE de BATAILLE de l’Aile Gauche de l’Armée des HAUTS-ALLIEZ, Commandée par Son Altesse Royale / Monseigneur Le DUC de CUMBERLAND, / Le 1.r Juin 1748
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1 June 1748.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, cropped, erased, black pencil:] VII[/?]. [top left, cropped, erased, black pencil, written over the first inscription:] XIV[/?]; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Order of Battle.
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Aile gauche de l’Armée des Hauts Alliés commandée par le Duc de Cumberland, le 1 Juin 1748. MS.
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