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 Lobositz, 1756 (Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czechia) 50°30'54"N 14°03'03"E
published 1758Etching and engraving; letterpress text printed on one sheet of paper | Scale: 1:10,800 approx. | RCIN 731088
Additional text: [bottom of map, letterpress text, a key to the positions and movements of the troops and the symbols used to distinguish them: A-I, K-U, W; I-IX.]
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: brown discolouration; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, fragments, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [bottom of letterpress key:] A LA HAYE, CHEZ PIERRE DE HONDT, 1758.
LWF von Oebschelwitz (active 1756-66) (draughtsman) [bottom right, engraved outside neatline:] de Oebschelwitz delin.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Subject(s)
Army-PrussiaArmy-AustriaWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: brown discolouration; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, fragments, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:10,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2500 pas, ou ¼ de Lieue / d'Allemagne [188 mm =].
32.8 x 62.5 cm (neatline of map)
33.6 x 62.9 cm (image of map)
45.6 x 62.9 cm (image)
35.2 x 63.9 cm (platemark)
52.3 x 70.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE DE LOWOSITZ, / donnée entre l’Armée PRUSSIENNE, commandée par le Roi en Personne, & l’Armée AUTRICHIENNE, sous les ordres du Feldt-Maréchal Broune, le 1 Octobre 1756. [across top of map, outside neatline, letterpress text]
Additional text:
[bottom of map, letterpress text, a key to the positions and movements of the troops and the symbols used to distinguish them: A-I, K-U, W; I-IX.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Lowositz 1 Oct.r 1756.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Lowositz Plan de la Bataille de Lowositz donnée entre l’Armée Prussienne commandée par le Roi, et l’Armée Autrichienne sous les ordres du Feldt Marechal Broune, le 1 Oct.re: par De Oebschelwitz. chez P. de Hondt, 1758.
Subject(s)
Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czechia (50°30'54"N 14°03'03"E)
Page revisions
21 July 2024
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