The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Battle of Lobositz, 1756
PLAN / der Bataille bey LOWOSITZ / d : 1ten Octobr 1756
1756 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:10,500 approx. | RCIN 731087
All the regiments on the Prussian and Austrian sides are named, the movements of the troops are indicated, and lines of fire are drawn in. Below the title is a key to the symbols used to distinguish between the Prussian and Austrian battalions, cavalry regiments, infantry, and cavalry attacks.
Additional text: [across bottom of map, in five columns, a key, A-I, K-T, V-W:] RENVOY.
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 19.3 x 13.5 cm. Verso: surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, fragments, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Christian Friedrich Boëtius (1706-82) (engraver) [bottom right, between neatline and outer border:] Boece Sc:
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending an upside down V, the letters VD L below; countermark: IV
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 19.3 x 13.5 cm. Verso: surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, fragments, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:10,500 approx. Scale bar: Scala von 2500 Schritten od: ¼ Teutsche Meile [191 mm =].
32.7 x 63.9 cm (neatline)
42.7 x 63.9 cm (image)
44.2 x 67.5 cm (platemark)
47.4 x 71.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / der Bataille bey LOWOSITZ / d : 1ten Octobr 1756. [bottom left, in ornate cartouche decorated with trees and branches, cannon, standards and drums]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, in five columns, a key, A-I, K-T, V-W:] RENVOY.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Lowositz 1 Oct.r 1756.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in Mason's hand]: 32; [right centre, red pencil:] 33.
George III catalogue entry:
Lowositz Plan der Bataille bey Lowositz den 1.ten Oct. 1756.
Subject(s)
Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czech Republic (50°30'54"N 14°03'03"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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