The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of the Battle of Chotzemitz (Kolin), 1757 (Chocenice, Středočeský Kraj, Czech Republic) 50°01'46"N 15°05'51"E; (Kolin, Středočeský Kraj, Czech Republic) 50°01'41"N 15°12'02"E
1757 or laterPencil, black and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:35,000 approx. | RCIN 732022.b
This has the appearance of a piece of college work - a copy of a plan of the battle - perhaps by a Prussian military cadet, Franz Ludewig.
Additional text: [below title, in title panel, a key, A-C, to the positions of the armies from 16 to 18 June, and to the colours used to distinguish between the infantry and cavalry of each army:] RENVOY.
Condition: no fold lines; double pin holes along edges, as if the map had been pinned to some backing medium.
Franz Ludewig (active after 1757) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside neatline:] Franz Ludewig Preuss.
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-PrussiaWatermark: D & C BLAUW
Mark, stamped: 813
Condition: no fold lines; double pin holes along edges, as if the map had been pinned to some backing medium
Scale: not stated. 1:35,000 approx.
23.8 x 36.0 cm (neatline)
25.4 x 37.2 cm (image)
32.9 x 45.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE DE CHOTZEMITZ / Gagnée par l’Armée de / S.M. L’Imperatrice Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme / Sur celle du Roi de Prusse le 18.me Juin 1757. [bottom, right of centre, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[below title, in title panel, a key, A-C, to the positions of the armies from 16 to 18 June, and to the colours used to distinguish between the infantry and cavalry of each army:] RENVOY.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Chotzemitz, 18 June 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 2te Classe – No 1. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Chotzemitz Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Chotzemitz, le 18 Juin 1757: par Franz Ludewig.
Subject(s)
Chocenice, Středočeský Kraj, Czech Republic (50°01'46"N 15°05'51"E)
Kolin, Středočeský Kraj, Czech Republic (50°01'41"N 15°12'02"E)
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