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 Fontenoy, 1745 (Fontenoy, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°34'03"N 03°28'24"E
1745 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:21,000 approx. | RCIN 729103
This map is at the same scale, and contains the same information as the map at RCIN 729102.
Inset: [top left, plan showing the repulsion of the first and second attacks of the English and Hanoverian troops who, under French fire formed an oblong square which is shown in the main plan.]
Additional text: [top right, a key, A-I, to the different stages of the action.]; [bottom left, outside border, two words coloured blue and yellow to indicate the French and Allied troops:] François. Ennemis.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting; top left, water-stained patch, shadow, fragments, and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. VI.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] À Paris chés le S.r le Rouge ruë des Grands Augustins vis-à-vis le Panier fleury, chés un loüeur de Carosses. A PARIS.
MV (active 1745) (surveyor) [bottom centre, outside border:] Levé sur les lieux par M.V.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: Maltese cross inside rosary or chaplet
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration and offsetting; top left, water-stained patch, shadow, fragments, and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL. VI
Scale: 1:21,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'un quard de lieue. [53 mm =].
30.4 x 45.8 cm (neatline)
31.9 x 46.1 cm (image)
32.2 x 47.4 cm (platemark)
36.3 x 53.3 cm (sheet)
12.0 x 6.9 cm (image and neatline of inset)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE DE FONTENOY LE 11. MAY 1745. [top, outside border]
Additional text:
François. Ennemis. [top right, a key, A-I, to the different stages of the action.]; [bottom left, outside border, two words coloured blue and yellow to indicate the French and Allied troops]
Inset:
[top left, plan showing the repulsion of the first and second attacks of the English and Hanoverian troops who, under French fire formed an oblong square which is shown in the main plan.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Fontenoy 11 May 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] 41. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 17; [centre, red pencil:] 17.
George III catalogue entry:
Fontenoy Plan de la Bataille de Fontenoy, le 11 Mai 1745: par M.V. chez le Rouge.
Subject(s)
Fontenoy, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°34'03"N 03°28'24"E)
Page revisions
3 November 2024
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