The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Battle of Liegnitz, 1760
1760 or laterPencil, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:43,800 approx. | RCIN 733017
A topographical map showing roads, physical features such as rivers, waterbodies, relief and scrub and woodland on which the troop positions are superimposed. See also RCIN 733018. Both maps show similar detail.
Additional text: [top right, a key, A-I, K-R, to the disposition of the troops and the three positions of the armies during the battle.]
Condition: six fold lines; small tears to edges; top, right of centre: double pin holes; brown discolouration; ink smudges. Verso: surface dirt; induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: I H S [cross on the H], IVILLEDARY below
Mark, stamped: 913
Condition: six fold lines; small tears to edges; top, right of centre: double pin holes; brown discolouration; ink smudges. Verso: surface dirt; induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:43,800 approx.
36.8 x 54.6 cm (neatline)
37.3 x 54.8 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Additional text:
[top right, a key, A-I, K-R, to the disposition of the troops and the three positions of the armies during the battle.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Lignitz 15 August 1760.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 15 Augt 13/94; [top left, black pencil:] XVI/69; [top, right of centre, black pencil: illegible words].
George III catalogue entry:
Lignitz Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Lignitz en Silesie entre les Prussiens commandés par le Roy et un Corps d’Imperiaux aux ordres du General Laudon, le 15 Aout 1760.
Subject(s)
Legnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (51°12'36"N 16°09'42"E)
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