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War of the Polish Succession (1733-8)

The Rhine and Moselle rivers and parts of Italy

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    Map of the Rhine, Ettlingen and Mühlberg, 1735 (Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 48°56ʹ27ʺN 08°24ʹ27ʺE; (Mühlberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°00ʹ46ʺN 08°21ʹ33ʺE)

    1735 or later

    Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, previously joined; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:21,400 approx. | RCIN 727066

    A topographical map of the Imperial fortified lines between Mühlberg and to the south of Ettlingen, 1735. War of the Polish Succession (1733-8). Oriented with west to top (cardinal points).

    This is a rough sketch showing the same details as the map at RCIN 727065; it is possible that it is by Schultz, but in a very rough and hurried hand.

    Additional text: [right, down right side of map, below title, a key, 1-36, giving a description of the strength of the redoubts, etc., along the fortified lines, and other observations about the terrain; the key is continued, top left, in a rectangular panel, a continuation of the key, 37-63; bottom, below border, a further continuation of the key, 64-82.]

    Condition: at least ten fold lines; very creased; surface dirt; bottom right corner cut off. Verso: substantial brown discolouration.

    • Anonymous (cartographer)

      Subject(s)

      Army-Austria

    • Watermark: None visible

      Mark, stamped: 252

      Condition: at least ten fold lines; very creased; surface dirt; bottom right corner cut off. Verso: substantial brown discolouration

    • Scale: 1:21,400 approx. Scale bar: [158 mm =] 1000 frantz: Schahe?

      37.8 x 92.4 cm (neatline)

      39.3 x 105.0 cm (image)

      40.6 x 105.7 cm (sheet)

    • Manuscript title:

      Ranvoy / des lignes depuis le Rhein jusqu’au Som= / merberg qui est la premiere hauteur de la / forest noire et de la par la dite forest jus= / qau mittelberg [top right, above border]

      Additional text:

      [right, down right side of map, below title, a key, 1-36, giving a description of the strength of the redoubts, etc., along the fortified lines, and other observations about the terrain; the key is continued, top left, in a rectangular panel, a continuation of the key, 37-63; bottom, below border, a further continuation of the key, 64-82.]

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Lines on the Rhine in 1735.

      Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, centre, obscured by linen backing, black pencil, indistinct.]

      George III catalogue entry:

      Lines A rough Sketch of D.o [i.e. of RCIN 727065.]

    • Subject(s)

      Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48°56ʹ27ʺN 08°24ʹ27ʺE)

      Mühlberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°00ʹ46ʺN 08°21ʹ33ʺE)

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