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
Map of the Battle of Laffelt, 1747 (Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium) 50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E
c.1747Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:42,200 approx. | RCIN 730134
This shows the same detail as RCIN 730133, with slightly different text.
Additional text: [bottom, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, K-S to the positions and movements of the armies during the battle.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: brown staining; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
A.W.V. Linstow (active 1747) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside text panel:] A.W.V. Linstow.
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-AustriaArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-DutchArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Army-FranceWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G
Mark, stamped: 627
Condition: one fold line. Verso: brown staining; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:42,200 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'un Lieu de Brabant [98 mm =] 5000 pas.
22.3 x 37.4 cm (neatline)
29.2 x 37.8 cm (image)
31.6 x 40.2 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-S to the positions and movements of the armies during the battle.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Laffeldt 2 July 1747.
Other annotations: (R) None. (V) [bottom left, black pencil:] 27; [top right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Laffeldt; [centre, red pencil:] 27.
George III catalogue entry:
Laffelt 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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