The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Map of the Battle of Kunersdorf, 1759 (Kunowice, Lubusz, Poland) 52°21'03"N 14°38'03"E
1759 or laterPencil, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:19,600 approx. | RCIN 732118
This may be in the same hand as RCIN 732114 and may be a copy, made in the later eighteenth century, of an earlier map.
Additional text: [below map, in two columns, an account of the battle:] Relation de La Battaille de Kunersdoff.
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to both sides. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-PrussiaArmy-RussiaWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below
Mark, stamped: 889
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to both sides. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:19,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 5000 Pas [194 mm =].
28.2 x 34.8 cm (neatline)
46.0 x 34.8 cm (image)
50.6 x 36.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de la Bataille de Kunersdorff, donnée Le 12.e D'Août 1759. [top centre, outside border]
Additional text:
[below map, in two columns, an account of the battle:] Relation de La Battaille de Kunersdoff.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Kunersdorff 12 Aug. 1759.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Kunersdorff Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Kunersdorff pres de Franckfort sur l’Oder, entre l’Armée combinée de Russes et d’Autrichiens aux ordres des Generaux Soltikow et Laudon, et les Prussiens commandés par le Roi, le 12 d’Aout 1759.
Subject(s)
Kunowice, Lubusz, Poland (52°21'03"N 14°38'03"E)
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3 November 2024
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