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 l'Action de Lafeld, donnée le 2me Juil 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:42,200 approx. | RCIN 730133
The draughtsman appears to have signed himself ‘J.G. Mercker’ and not ‘Merckens’, as the old catalogue entry states.
Additional text: [bottom, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-U, W-Ÿ, to the positions and movements of the armies during the battle.]
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: the linen backing has shrunk as a result of the soaking.
Johan Gottfried Mercker (active 1747) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside text panel:] J.G. Mercker.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 626
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: the linen backing has shrunk as a result of the soaking
Scale: 1:42,200 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une lieu de Braband [97 mm =] 5000 pas.
22.1 x 37.5 cm (neatline)
30.3 x 38.0 cm (image)
31.9 x 39.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / De l'Action de Lafeld, donnée le 2me Juil 1747. [bottom centre, below map, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-U, W-Ÿ, to the positions and movements of the armies during the battle.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Laffeldt 2 July 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in [Schultz's or Mason's hand]: 28; [top right, ink or black pencil, crossed out in red pencil and obscured by white paper strip:] Laffeldt; [centre, red pencil:] 28.
George III catalogue entry:
Laffeldt Plan dessiné de l'Action de Lafeld donnée le 2 Juillet 1747: par J.G. Merckens Ing.r
Subject(s)
Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium (50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E)
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