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Map of the Battle of Dettingen, 1743 (Dettingen am Main, Bavaria, Germany) 50°02'29"N 09°02'00"E 1743 or later
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on six pieces of paper, joined; laid down on linen; edged with cerise silk; two linen ties to left edge | Scale: 1:95,000 approx. (scale) | RCIN 728103
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49)
Map of the Battle of Dettingen, 1743 (Dettingen am Main, Bavaria, Germany) 50?02'29"N 09?02'00"E 1743 or later
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A map of the Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743, with the subsequent marches and encampments of the allied British, Hanoverian, Hessian, Dutch and Austrian armies. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with west to top (compass rose). The attribution to Schultz is made on stylistic grounds and by reference to the old catalogue entry.
A beautifully executed map covering the area extending from Frankfurt am Main (50°07'00"N 08°41'00"E) in the north to Philipsburg (49°14'09"N 08°27'23"E) in the south, and from Nieder-Ingelheim (49°58'39"N 08°04'20"E) in the west to Aschaffenburg (49°58'26"N 09°08'57"E) in the east. It is unfinished; the large panel, bottom left, intended for the insertion of text headed ‘A JOURNAL of all the MARCHES and INCAMPMENTS of the Army of the Allies / from the Battle of Dettingen to the End of the Campain, 1743’, has been left blank.
This map would have been compiled from printed small-scale maps augmented by field surveys, orders of battle and various regimental documents such as officers' returns. Three of the source maps, which include text which would have formed part of the missing journal, are at RCINs 728104.a-c. See also RCINs 728116, 728117, 728125, 728126, 728127, 728128. The continuation of the operations further south along the Rhine appears on RCIN 728112.a.
Additional text: [bottom centre, in rectangular panel in two columns, a descriptive key and account of the events portrayed on the map:] EXPLANATION of the Plan of the BATTLE of DETTINGEN gained by the ALLIES of the QUEEN of / HUNGARY, under the Command of HIS MAJESTY The KING of GREAT-BRITAIN, over the FRENCH ARMY / ALLIES to the EMPEROR) commanded by the Marshal Duc de Noailles, 16.th June 1743. O.S.
Condition: two fold lines.Provenance
Probably 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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Medium and techniques
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on six pieces of paper, joined; laid down on linen; edged with cerise silk; two linen ties to left edge
Measurements
Scale: 1:95,000 approx. (scale)
84.4 x 114.7 cm (image)
82.8 x 113.4 cm (neatline)
86.5 x 116.6 cm (sheet) (whole object)
Markings
watermark: None visible
annotation: Old heading [black pencil:] Military Dettingen 1743. Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, old paper library label, ink:] V/14.
dummy sheet (K Mil): Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of all the Marches and Incampments of the Army of the Allies, commanded by H.M. the King of Great Britain, from the Battle of Dettingen to the end of the Campaign in the year 1743 by M.r Schultz; [also in ink:] A Roll ..... [in black pencil:] 5 Table 2.d; [in black pencil, in a modern hand:] Big: sep. seq. George III heading: Battle of Dettingen 27 June 1743 and Encampment from that time to the 13 Oct. 1743; [in black pencil, above George III heading, erased, perhaps in a modern hand:] Folder, too big.
Watermark: B & W.
Size: 47.0 x 32.6 cm. [no RCIN; not on fiche]Category
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Alternative title(s)
A PLAN of all the MARCHES and INCAMPMENTS of the ARMY of / the ALLIES commanded by HIS MAJESTY the KING of GREAT BRITAIN / from the Battle of DETTINGEN to the End of the Campain, in the Year 1743.
Dettingen. A drawn Plan of all the Marches and Encampments of the Army of the Allies, commanded by H.M. the King of Great Britain, from the Battle of Dettingen to the end of the Campaign in the year 1743, [in red ink:] by M.r Schultz.
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