Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges
Pencil, ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | 29.5 x 70.2 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722068
An order of battle of the Swedish army at Lützen, 6 November 1632. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
Anonymous (printmaker)
Watermark: Indistinct: a large coat of arms
Mark, stamped: 3
Condition: creased, surface dirt and stained on recto and verso; the pronounced surface dirt at one end of the verso is interrupted in two places, suggesting that the item was formerly rolled and tied with two ties
29.5 x 70.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Order van den Battalie van sÿn Majtie van Sweden / soo [diselue] is gevochten jegens Keÿsers Leger bÿ Litsen / den 6 Nouember 1632 alwaer zÿne Maj:te Doot is Gebleven.
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle at Lutzen 6 Nov.r 1632.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, cropped, red pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 2/1 [and, black pencil:] II/[?]; [bottom right, obscured by canvas backing, ink:] Order of Battle [?] King of Sweden’s Army at Lutzen; [bottom centre, obscured by white paper strip, ink?] Lutzen
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle A drawn Plan of the Order of Battle of the Swedish Army at Lutzen on the 6.th of Nov.r 1632. [The same entry appears under the heading Lutzen]
From the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by George III (1738-1820)
Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51°15ʹ24ʺN 12°08ʹ29ʺE)