The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Battle at Lobositz, 1756
PLAN / de la / Battaille / de / LOWOSCHIZ / gagnée / par / S. M. le Roÿ de Prusse / Nov.br 10. 1756
c.1756Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:16,500 approx. | RCIN 731086
According to the inscription on the verso of this map, its author, Baron de Freudenberg, was present at the battle and made the plan, or sketches for it, during the action. The date in the title is in error.
Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-R:] Explication.
Condition: two fold lines; creased; surface dirt on both sides; 1.8 cm tear to left edge; induced discolouration on verso.
Baron C.V. de Freudenberg (active 1756) (surveyor and draughtsman) [bottom of cartouche, below title:] C. V. Freudenberg.
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 797
Condition: two fold lines; creased; surface dirt on both sides; 1.8 cm tear to left edge; induced discolouration on verso
Scale: 1:16,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 4500 pas [221 mm =].
34.2 x 48.5 cm (neatline)
34.7 x 49.0 cm (image)
36.0 x 50.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / de la / Battaille / de / LOWOSCHIZ / gagnée / par / S. M. le Roÿ de Prusse / Nov.br 10. 1756 [i.e.1 October 1756]. [bottom left, in ornate cartouche decorated with the Prussian eagle and the accoutrements of war]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-R:] Explication.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Lowositz 1 Oct. 1756.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, red pencil:] Octr 1; [top, ink:] Le Baron de Freudenberg Capitaine d'Infanterie / au Service des Etats Generaux, et Volontaire auprès / du Prince George de Hesse Darmstadt, alors Colonel / d'un Regt. Prussien, a êté à cette Battaille, et en a / pris le Plan dans l'Action; [bottom right, red pencil:] 12/74; [bottom right, black pencil:] X[V or I/?].
George III catalogue entry:
Lowositz Plan dessiné de la bataille de Lowoschiz gagnée par le roy de Prusse le 1.er Oct.bre 1756: par le Baron de Freudenberg.
Subject(s)
Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czech Republic (50°30'54"N 14°03'03"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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