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
River Lahn, 1745
Carte / des quartiés de Canton= / nements occupe par les / trouppes Hannoveriens / le Mois Mars 1745
1745 or laterPen and ink on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:322,700 approx. | RCIN 729066
The northern boundary of the area, which is in present-day Hesse, is marked by the River Lahn, between Limburg (Limburg an der Lahn 50°23'00"N 08°03'00"E) in the west, and Giesson (50°35'00"N 08°39'00"E) in the east. The southernmost town shown is Cronenburg (Kronberg 50°10'38"N 08°30'45"E). Regimental names are marked in red ink against the places where they were cantoned.
This appears to be a preparatory sketch for RCIN 729065.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt on outer panel of the folded map.
Johann Carl Treu (active 1744-6) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Cropped: horn in shield, [crown above?], suspended by a ‘4’, the name L V GERREVINK below
Mark, stamped: 408
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt on outer panel of the folded map
Scale: not stated. 1:322,700 approx.
18.3 x 22.3 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Carte / des quartiés de Canton= / nements occupe par les / trouppes Hannoveriens / le Mois Mars 1745. [left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonments on the Lahn in March 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] X/[18] (Verso) [ink, top left:] Militaria. / Campements / &c. / de 1745.
George III catalogue entry:
Lahn Carte dessinée des Quartiers de Cantonnements occupés par les Troupes Hannoverienes sur le Lahn au mois de Mars 1745.
Subject(s)
Lahn, River [Germany]
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