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 of the British army, 1743
1743 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on thick paper/thin card | 22.6 x 33.6 cm (sheet) | RCIN 728110
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.
Condition: three fold lines; mount not folded. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt.
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.
Subject(s)
Germany
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