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Battle of Mollwitz, 1741
PLAN / von der / BATAILLE / beÿ / MOLLWITZ / den 10 April / 1741
1741 or laterPencil, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:20,000 approx. | RCIN 728039
Mollwitz lies to the west of Brieg (Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, 50°51'38"N 17°28'02"E). Frederick had taken up headquarters on 8 and 9 April in the little village of Pogerell, shown bottom right on the map. The armies are shown drawn up in order of battle, and the regiments are named.
Additional text: [top left, below title, in title panel, an explanatory key, A-G, to the events from Frederick II forming his army into order of battle on the morning of 10 April, to the flight of the Austrian army at the end of the battle.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre, water stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; fragments of the label and some ghosting of the image remain.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: The letter P
Mark, stamped: 269
Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre, water stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; fragments of the label and some ghosting of the image remain
Scale: not stated. 1:20,000 approx.
44.7 x 62.3 cm (image)
44.1 x 61.6 cm (neatline)
46.9 x 64.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / von der / BATAILLE / beÿ / MOLLWITZ / den 10 April / 1741. [top left, in rectangular cartouche]
Additional text:
[top left, below title, in title panel, an explanatory key, A-G, to the events from Frederick II forming his army into order of battle on the morning of 10 April, to the flight of the Austrian army at the end of the battle.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Molwitz 10 April 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 19; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 44; [bottom centre, black pencil:] Molwitz le 10: avril 1741; [right, centre, red pencil:] 44; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] Battle of Molwitz in Silesia April 10 1741.
George III catalogue entry:
Molwitz Plan von der Bataille bey Mollwitz den 10 April 1741. [drawn]
Subject(s)
Małujowice, Opole Voivodeship, Poland (50°50'52"N 17°22'49"E)
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