Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 23.5 x 33.7 cm (sheet) | RCIN 728092
? François Hancko (active 1743-7)
An order of battle of the British, Austrian, Hanoverian and Hessian army under the command of George II (1683-1760) at Aschaffenburg, 26 June 1743. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).
The General Officers commanding the First Line are Marshals Prince George of Hesse, Comte de Nieperg, Duc d'Aremberg, Comte Stair; Generals du Ponpietin, Prince Waldeck, Diemar, Honywood; Lieutenant-Generals Sommerfeldt, d'Ilten, Prince Wolfenbutel, Chanclos, Dunmore, Couriere, Greffendorf, Ligonier, Campbell; Major-Generals Pauli, Launy, Soubiron, de Brandt, Duke of Albemarle; Brigadiers Montignie, Zastrow, Midachten, Kleiniowstrohm, Howard, Onslow, D. Malbroug.
The General Officers commanding the Second Line are General de Wendt; Lieutenant-General Druchtleben, Prince de Salm, Hawleÿ, Cope; Major-Generals Hammerstein, Monroÿ, Prince Freel.k, Rothes, Holle; [Brigadiers] Groote, Maider, Schulenburg, Huske, Pultenaÿ.
The regimental rectangles are coloured according to nationality: British (red), Hanoverian (blue), Hessian (yellow), Austrian (green).
? François Hancko (active 1743-7) (draughtsman)
Watermark: The initials HR
Mark, stamped: 320
Condition: four fold lines; one Brigadier's name scraped out, right of the First Line; another partial erasure in the name of the Royal Regiment
23.5 x 33.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée Britannique et Autrichienne en Allemagne, Commandée par Sa Majesté Le Roi de la Grande Bretangne / Aschaffenburg Le 26 Juin 1743.
Additional text:
[bottom left, a summary of the numbers of British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian squadrons and battalions of the First and Second Lines. Bottom right, a summary of the number of pieces of British, Austrian, Hessian and Hanoverian artillery.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Aschaffenburg 26 June 1743.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil, cropped:] 7; [top left, black pencil, cropped:] IV [or IX].
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille de l’Armée Britannique et Autrichienne commandée par S.M. le Roi de la Grande Bretagne a Aschaffenburg le 26 Juin 1743. MS.
Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany (49°58'26"N 09°08'57"E)