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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

      DE PARAVICINI (ACTIVE 1749)

      Plan of Maastricht, 1748 (Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E

      dated 1749

      Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:5,500 approx. | RCIN 731006

      A plan of the northern side of the Fortress of Maastricht showing the siege works of the French army, April-May 1748. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with south to top.

      Additional text: [below title, a key, 1-26; a-e, x, to the names of the bastions, gates, cavalry regiments and siege works.]

      Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
      • de Paravicini (active 1749) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] de Paravicini 1749.

        Subject(s)

        Army-France
      • Watermark: Horn in crowned shield suspending the figure ‘4’ and LV GERREVINK; countermark: IV.

        Mark, stamped: 721

        Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

      • Scale: not stated. 1:5,500 approx.

        42.9 x 65.1 cm (neatline)

        43.2 x 65.6 cm (image)

        44.7 x 67.3 cm (sheet)

      • Manuscript title:

        PLAN D’UNE PARTIE DE MAASTRICHT & WYCK / Attacquée par l’Armée de France, Comandée par Le Maréchal Comte / de Saxe. La Ville fut Investie le 8 et le 9 d’Avril, et se rendit par Capitulation le 7 de Maÿ / de l’An 1748. Apres 23 Jours de Trenchée ouverte. [top centre]

        Additional text:

        [below title, a key, 1-26; a-e, x, to the names of the bastions, gates, cavalry regiments and siege works.] 

        Annotations:

        George III heading: Maastricht 8 April-7 May 1748.

        Other inscriptions (Recto) [top right, red pencil:] 7/71. (Verso) [along left edge, obscured by linen backing, ink:] Plan du Siege de Maastricht par Marechal du Saxe en Avril & May 1748. envoié à S: A: R: par le Gen.l Aylsa avec le journal du siege; [top, right of centre, obscured by linen backing, ink, crossed out:] Maestricht; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] VII/71; [top, left of centre, black pencil:] [J]A.

        George III catalogue entry:

        Maestricht Plan dessiné d’une partie de Maestricht et Wyck investie par l’Armée de France commandée par le Mareschal de Saxe le 8 et 9 d’Avril, et prise le 7 de Mai 1748. par de Paravicini, 1749. 2 feuilles.

      • Subject(s)

        Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E)

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      • 21 May 2025