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Battle of Mollwitz, 1742
REPRÆSENTATION / der den 10.t April 1741 bey dem / Dorf Molwitz ohnweit Brieg / vorgegangenen Action
c.1742Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: not stated | RCIN 728038.c
Mollwitz lies to the west of Brieg (Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, 50°51'38"N 17°28'02"E).
One of four maps printed from separate copperplates on the same sheet of paper. This map is located bottom left. The other three are: 'Kriegs Karte von Schlesien 1741' (RCIN 728038.a); 'Les Environs de Czaslau avec le Plan de la Bataille d. 17 May 1742' (RCIN 728038.b); 'Theatre de la Guerre en Boheme' (RCIN 728038.d).
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A, B to the positions of the left and right wings of the Austrian and Prussian armies.]
Condition of whole sheet: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre, water stained and abraded patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Homann's Heirs (1724-1848) (publisher) [bottom right, outside border:] Prostat in Offic. Homanniana.
Watermark: The letters LM in a tablet
Condition of whole sheet: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre, water stained and abraded patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated
14.1 x 17.2 cm (neatline)
14.9 x 17.5 cm (image)
15.2 x 18.7 cm (platemark)
54.3 x 63.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
REPRÆSENTATION / der den 10.t April 1741 bey dem / Dorf Molwitz ohnweit Brieg / vorgegangenen Action. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A, B to the positions of the left and right wings of the Austrian and Prussian armies.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Molwitz 10 April 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased:] [?1740]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 22; [bottom right, black pencil:] Boheme; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 46; [right, centre, red pencil:] 46; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 7/4[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Silesia Kriegs Karte von Schlesien, 1741. Repræsentation der den 10 April 1741 bey dem Dorf Molwitz ohnweit Brieg vorgegangenen Action. Theatre de la Guerre en Boheme representé pour l'Histoire en 1741 et 1742. Les Environs de Czaslau avec le Plan de la Bataille du 17 May 1742 entre les Autrichiens et les Prussiens: chez les Heretiers d'Homann, 1742.
Subject(s)
Małujowice, Opole Voivodeship, Poland (50°50'52"N 17°22'49"E)
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