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
Prague, 1742
PLAN DE L'ATTAQUE / ET DE LA DEFENSE / DE PRAG
1742 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:10,500 approx. | RCIN 728067
The French defence lines inside the fortified walls are indicated, and the French encampments to the north and north-east of the city are shown in detail: all regiments are named. The line of fire from the Austrian batteries is drawn, and the outlines of the French field works, constructed in 1741 when they took the city, are engraved with solid and dotted lines. This map is based on compilation material given by Charles, Prince de Soubise (1715-87).
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, an extensive explanatory key, 1-41, to the troop positions, actions, batteries, places of military significance, etc:] Renvoy.
Condition: three fold lines; bottom centre, a water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [bottom right, below title, in title panel:] Dressé / sur les derniers Plans de Monseigneur / le Prince de Soubise / APARIS / Par et chez le S.r LE ROUGE Ingenieur Géographe / DU ROY rüe des grands Augustins / A.P.D.R.
Watermark: Chaplet and countermark
Condition: three fold lines; bottom centre, a water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:10,500 approx. Scale bar: [74 mm =] 400 T.[oises].
49.8 x 72.3 cm (image)
50.8 x 73.2 cm (platemark)
49.2 x 71.7 cm (neatline)
54.1 x 77.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE L'ATTAQUE / ET DE LA DEFENSE / DE PRAG [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Renvoy. [bottom left, in rectangular panel, an extensive explanatory key, 1-41, to the troop positions, actions, batteries, places of military significance, etc]
Annotations:
George III heading: Prague 1742.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil mostly erased:] 13 Sept. B.a. 10 [/?] 17. [the ‘17’ is crossed out in black pencil.]; [bottom centre, black pencil erased:] [?...] Defense de Prag / aout & septembre 1743; [bottom centre, below old heading:] 34; [right of centre, red pencil:] 7/46; [bottom right, black pencil:] 9; [bottom right, right of the ‘9’, another figure:] ?7.
George III catalogue entry:
Prague Plan de l'Attaque et de la Defense de Prag en 1742, dressé sur les Plans du Prince de Soubise: chez le Rouge.
Subject(s)
Prague, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E)
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