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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

JOHN BOWLES (1701-79)

View of the Battle of Lobositz, 1756 (Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czechia) 50°30'54"N 14°03'03"E

1756 or later

Etching and engraving; printed on paper | 30.0 x 44.0 cm (neatline) | RCIN 731089

A view of the Battle of Lobositz, fought on 1 October 1756 between the Prussians, commanded by King Frederick the Great, and the Austrians, commanded by Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne, resulting in a Prussian victory. Seven Years War (1756-63).

Additional text: [below view, a short account of the battle and a key, A-I.]

Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration.
  • John Bowles (1701-1779) and Carington Bowles (son; 1724-1793) (in partnerships c.1753-c.1762) (map and printseller and publisher)

    Thomas Bowles (1688-1767) (map and print seller and publisher)

    Robert Sayer (1725?-1794) (map and print seller and publisher)

    Henry Parker (c.1725-1809) and Elizabeth Bakewell (active 1749-1770s) (print sellers)

    Thomas Jefferys (1719-1771) (publisher)[bottom centre, just inside platemark:] Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill. T. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard. Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill, & T. Jefferys at Charing Cross.

    Subject(s)

    Army-Prussia
    Army-Austria
  • Watermark: Indistinct: two words or names, one above the other

    Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration

  • 30.0 x 44.0 cm (neatline)

    33.7 x 44.8 cm (image)

    34.9 x 47.9 cm (platemark)

    36.0 x 49.3 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    The Battle of Lowoschutz, in Bohemia, where the King of Prussia defeated Marshal Brown, on the 1.st of October 1756. [below view]

    Additional text:

    [below view, a short account of the battle and a key, A-I.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Battle of Lowositz 1 Oct.r 1756.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Lowositz A view of the Battle of Lowoschutz in Bohemia where the King of Prussia defeated Marshal Brown on the 1.st of Oct.r 1756: published by Bowles.

  • Subject(s)

    Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czechia (50°30'54"N 14°03'03"E)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024