Mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Johan Gottfried Mercker (active 1747)
Battle of Lafelt, 1747
Battle of Lafelt, 1747
PLAN / De l'Action de Lafeld, donnée le 2me Juil 1747 c.1747
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:42,200 approx. | RCIN 730133
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 to top (compass rose).
The draughtsman appears to have signed himself ‘J.G. Mercker’ and not ‘Merckens’, as the George III catalogue entry states.
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Johan Gottfried Mercker (active 1747) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside text panel:] J.G. Mercker.
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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
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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)
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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
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From the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Subject(s)
Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium (50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E)
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