War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Battle of Fontenoy, 1745
REFERENCES
1745 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | 17.8 x 13.3 cm (image) | RCIN 729101.b
An explanatory key, 1-25, to the numbers on the map at RCIN 729101.a, which show the positions of the various named brigades of the French army, and the general positions of the Allied army.
Gaffney is an Irish name and there were present in the French Army at Fontenoy six Irish Brigades to one of which it is possible that James Gaffney belonged.
The map and this explanatory text were formerly kept in a buff-coloured rag paper folder on the recto of which is the old heading and a modern note in black pencil: (a-b) CMB Nov '86 [i.e. 1986].
Condition: four fold lines; untidily trimmed.
James Gaffney (active 1745) (draughtsman) [bottom centre, below border of RCIN 729101.a:] Ia.s Gaffney Fecit
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 444
Condition: four fold lines; untidily trimmed
17.8 x 13.3 cm (image)
18.3 x 13.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
REFERENCES [top, in cartouche surmounted by a plinth on which is inscribed ‘VIVE / LE ROY’, on which sits a bust of Louis XV]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Fontenoy 11 May 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top, ink:] No 2 to the small plan of the battle of Fontenoy No 1. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 9/27-2; [bottom left, black pencil:] X/51-b.
George III catalogue entry:
Fontenoy A small drawn Plan of the Battle of Fontenoy, the 11.th of May 1745; with References: by Ja.s Gaffney.
Subject(s)
Fontenoy, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°34'03"N 03°28'24"E)
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