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
St Peter's Hill, 1747
Der Gegend von Kaster, nebst der Französischen Linie, wie sol= / = che von Ihnen t: 14ten Augusti Ao 1747 Morgens fruh ist verlassen, und / noch an selbigen Tag von denen Kaÿser: Königl: Alliirten ist demoliret wor=...
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen. Profiles, plan and fortification on one sheet. | Scale: 1:30,800 approx. | RCIN 730168
Insets: [left, down left side of map, three sections through the French line:] Profiels. Scale: Scale bars: Maasstab zu denen Profils [127 mm =] 45 Schu [Schritt]; 1:290 approx. Size: 19.7 x 15.2 cm (neatline); plan: 15.6 x 13.4 cm (neatline); 19.8 x 13.4 cm (image). [Top right, a larger-scale plan of the French line:] Grund=Riss. / Der Französischen Liniæ. Scale: 1:4,760 approx. Maasstab zu dem Grund=Riss [84 mm =] 500 Schrit. Size: 4.2 x 12.3 cm (neatline); 19.9 x 12.3 cm (image).
Additional text: [right, a key, A-G, to the different parts of the line:] Erklærung.
Condition: no fold lines; brown staining to both sides.
Johann Lambert Kolleffel (1706-63) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] von J Kolleffel Capt Ing.
Watermark: Strasburg lily and bend, the letters C & I H below
Mark, stamped: 688
Condition: no fold lines; brown staining to both sides
Scale: 1:30,800 approx. Maasstab zu obiger Gegend [104 mm =] 2000 Schrit.
21.2 x 41.6 cm (image)
24.3 x 45.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Der Gegend von Kaster, nebst der Französischen Linie, wie sol= / = che von Ihnen t: 14ten Augusti Ao 1747 Morgens fruh ist verlassen, und / noch an selbigen Tag von denen Kaÿser: Königl: Alliirten ist demoliret wor= / den. [top centre, in rectangular panel]
Insets:
[left, down left side of map, three sections through the French line:] Profiels. Scale: Scale bars: Maasstab zu denen Profils [127 mm =] 45 Schu [Schritt]; 1:290 approx. Size: 19.7 x 15.2 cm (neatline); plan: 15.6 x 13.4 cm (neatline); 19.8 x 13.4 cm (image). [Top right, a larger-scale plan of the French line:] Grund=Riss. / Der Französischen Liniæ. Scale: 1:4,760 approx. Maasstab zu dem Grund=Riss [84 mm =] 500 Schrit. Size: 4.2 x 12.3 cm (neatline); 19.9 x 12.3 cm (image).
Additional text:
[right, a key, A-G, to the different parts of the line:] Erklærung.
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Peter's Hill 14 Aug.t 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left black pencil:] VII/34 [and] XIII/49-q; [top right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] St. Peter's Hill.
George III catalogue entry:
Peter's Hill, S.t A drawn Plan of the Environs of Kaster on S.t Peter's Hill, with the French Line demolished by the Allies the 14.th of August 1747: and a Ground Plan and Profiles of the Line; by Captain von Kolleffel Ing.r
Subject(s)
Sint Pietersberg, Limburg, Netherlands (50°49'15"N 05°41'08"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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