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 Lafelt, 1747
PLAN de la Bataille de LAFFELT / donnée le 2. Juillet 1747, entre / l'Armée des Hauts-Alliés et celle de / France
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:54,100 aprox. | RCIN 730137
This appears to be a copy of RCIN 730136 or vice versa.
Additional text: [bottom, below map, in three columns in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z, to the positions and movements of the armies:] Renvoy.
Condition: one fold line; broken along fold; brown staining. Verso: brown staining; induced discolouration; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 630
Condition: one fold line; broken along fold; brown staining. Verso: brown staining; induced discolouration; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:54,100 aprox. Scale bar: Echelle d'une Heure de Chemin [96 mm =].
35.4 x 41.0 cm (neatline)
51.5 x 41.5 cm (image)
54.6 x 44.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN de la Bataille de LAFFELT / donnée le 2. Juillet 1747, entre / l'Armée des Hauts-Alliés et celle de / France. [top left, in cartouche representing a partly scrolled paper]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map, in three columns in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z, to the positions and movements of the armies:] Renvoy.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Laffeldt 2 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] 101. (Verso) [top left, black pencil or ink, obscured by linen:] indistinct [and] 101; [left, along left edge, black pencil:] 23 [and] 101; [bottom right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Laffeldt; [along bottom right edge, black pencil or ink, in Schultz's or Mason's hand, obscured by linen:] B Laffeldt July 2 1747; [bottom right, black pencil or ink, obscured by linen:] [?101]; [bottom centre, red pencil:] 24; [right, along right edge, black pencil:] 2 July.
George III catalogue entry:
Laffeldt Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Laffelt, donnée le 2 Juillet 1747 entre l'Armée des Hauts Alliés et celle de France, [in red ink:] par M.r Schultz.
Subject(s)
Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium (50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E)
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