Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Pencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on thick paper/thin card | 22.6 x 33.6 cm (sheet) | RCIN 728110
An order of battle in one line of the British army commanded by Field Marshal the Earl of Stair in 1743. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).
The General Officers under Stair are General Honywood; Lieutenant-Generals Cope, Hawley, Dunmore, Howard, Clayton, Ligonier, Campbell; Major-Generals Cornwallis, Earl of Rothes, H.R.H. the Duke [of Cumberland], Albemarle; Brigadier-Generals Pulteney, Huske, Howard, Onslow, Duke of Marlborough.
The artillery, commanded by ‘Collo Pattison’ is placed left of centre of the infantry brigades. Regiments are named.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: A wreath? Mount: cropped, Strasburg bend in shield, indistinct lettering below, fleur-de-lys above.
Mark, stamped: 336
22.6 x 33.6 cm (sheet)
26.1 x 37.0 cm (mount)
Condition: three fold lines; mount not folded. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1743. [on mount]
Other annotations: (Recto) 1743 [top right, on mount, ink]; [Four names inserted in black pencil]; a great [Corps] / near Francfort / by ye River side. [bottom right, black pencil]; (Verso) [illegible, several inscriptions, apparently in ink, obscured by mount.] 7/80 [On mount, top left, red pencil]; IX/29 [black pencil]; Order of Battle [top right, black pencil, erased].
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Order of Battle of the British Troops commanded by the Earl of Stair in 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)
Germany