Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Reinier Ottens (1698-1750) and Joshua Ottens (1704-65)
Var (River), 1746
Var (River), 1746
PLAN / Du Passage du Var, fait le 30 Nov: 1746. par les Armées combinées / Imperiales & Sardinoises sous les Ordres du Comte de Broune 1746 or later
Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:36,200 approx. | RCIN 730080
Reinier Ottens (1698-1750) and Joshua Ottens (1704-65)
Map of Var (River), 1746 (St-Laurent-du-Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France) 43?40'15"N 07?10'33"E 1746 or later
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A map of the passage of the River Var on 30 November 1746 by the Austrians and Sardinians under the command of the Comte de Braun. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with south-west to top.
The area of coastline covered extends from St Laurens (Saint-Laurent-du-Var) in the North to Antibes (43°34'48"N 07°07'23"E) in the south. This episode in the campaign in Provence was reported in the London Magazine January 1747, p.76. The Allied army, comprising about 20,000 Austrian and 10,000 Piedmontese, crossed a shallow but fast-flowing 300-yards-wide section of the Var without loss.
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Reinier Ottens (1698-1750) and Joshua Ottens (1704-65) (publisher) [top right, bottom of title cartouche:] a Amsterdam Chez R. & I. OTTENS.
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Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters LVG below; countermark: IV
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
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Scale: not stated. 1:36,200 approx.
35.3 x 49.0 cm (image)
35.0 x 48.7 cm (neatline)
35.8 x 50.6 cm (platemark)
41.7 x 57.2 cm (sheet)
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Printed title:
PLAN / Du Passage du Var, fait le 30 Nov: 1746. par les Armées combinées / Imperiales & Sardinoises sous les Ordres du Comte de Broune. [top right, in rococo cartouche, embellished with the artefacts of war]
Additional text:
[top right, below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-G, to the troops commanded by Generals Novati, Baron de Roth, Neuhaus, Balbian, Jonas, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Passage of the Var 30 Nov.r 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right centre, red pencil:] 56.
George III catalogue entry:
Var Plan du Passage du Var fait le 30 Nov.re 1746 par les Armées combinées Imperiales et Sardinoises sous les ordres du Comte de Broune. chez Ottens.
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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)
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Subject(s)
St-Laurent-du-Var (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) 43°40'15"N 07°10'33"E
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