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 Battaille de Laffelt entre L'aile Gauche de L'Armée / des Alliée Sous le Commandement De S:A: Roÿale Mon: / Seigneur Le Duc de Cumberland et l'Armée françoise le 2:me Juillet / 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen, black and red ink, and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:32,000 approx. | RCIN 730129
A map of the Battle of Lafelt, fought on 2 July 1747 between the French army, commanded by Marshal Maurice Saxe (1696-1750) and the Allied army (Great Britain, Hanover, Austria, Dutch Republic), commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), Karl Josef Batthyány (1697-1772) and the Prince of Waldeck (1704-63) resulting in a French victory. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with south-west to top.
The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Austrians (green); English (red); Hanoverians (yellow); Hessians (grey); Dutch (orange); French (blue). Pecked lines show the direction of the retreats of the Left Wing, and of the Austrian and Dutch troops, and of the direction of march of the French army.
François Hancko (active 1741-8) (draughtsman) [top left, below title, in title panel:] Representé par son très humble et devoué serviteur. / François Hancko. Ingenieur au servis de sa Majesté Britanique.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 622
Condition: one fold line; black ink smudged around border. Verso: induced discolouration and foxing
Scale: not stated. 1:32,000 approx.
32.5 x 50.9 cm (neatline)
33.6 x 52.0 cm (image)
34.5 x 53.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de La Battaille de Laffelt entre L'aile Gauche de L'Armée / des Alliée Sous le Commandement De S:A: Roÿale Mon: / Seigneur Le Duc de Cumberland et l'Armée françoise le 2:me Juillet / 1747. [top left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Laffeldt 2 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] 93. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 29; [top left, black pencil:] XIII/44; [top right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by linen:] Laffeldt.
George III catalogue entry:
Laffeldt Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Laffelt entre l'aile gauche de l'Armée des Alliées sous le commandement du Duc de Cumberland, et l'Armée Francoise, le 2 Juillet 1747: par F. Hancko Ing.r
Subject(s)
Lafelt (Limburg, Belgium) 50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E
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