Map of the Battle of Lafelt, 1747 (Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium) 50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E

Anonymous (cartographer)

Subject(s)

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: I VILLEDARY

Mark, stamped: 629

Condition: two fold lines; brown staining. Verso: foxing; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: 1:50,750 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une heure de chemin [96 mm =].

35.5 x 41.1 cm (neatline)

51.8 x 42.0 cm (image)

53.3 x 43.3 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

Plan de la Bataille de Laffelt donnée / le 2. Juillet 1747 entre l'armée des / hauts Alliés, et celle de france. [top left, in rococo cartouche, embellished with striped flags]

Additional text:

[bottom, below map, in three columns in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z, to the positions and movements of the armies:] Renvoy.

Annotations:

George III heading: Battle of Laffeldt 2 July 1747.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Laffeldt; [bottom right, black pencil:] 25; [bottom centre, red pencil:] 25.

George III catalogue entry:

Laffeldt Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Laffelt, donnée le 2 Juillet 1747 entre l'Armée des Hauts Alliés et celle de France.