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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

? GEORGE AUGUSTUS SCHULTZ (ACTIVE 1734-49)

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

c.1747

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:54,100 aprox. | RCIN 730137

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).

This appears to be a copy of RCIN 730136 or vice versa.

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.

Condition: one fold line; broken along fold; brown staining. Verso: brown staining; induced discolouration; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
  • ? George Augustus Schultz (active 1734-49) (surveyor and draughtsman)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Austria
    Army-Hanover
    Army-Hesse
    Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)
    Army-France
    Army-GB
    Army-Dutch
  • Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV

    Mark, stamped: 630

    Condition: one fold line; broken along fold; brown staining. Verso: brown staining; induced discolouration; bottom left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

  • Scale: 1:54,100 aprox. Scale bar: Echelle d'une Heure de Chemin [96 mm =].

    35.4 x 41.0 cm (neatline)

    51.5 x 41.5 cm (image)

    54.6 x 44.6 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 cartouche representing a partly scrolled paper]

    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) [top right, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] 101. (Verso) [top left, black pencil or ink, obscured by linen:] indistinct [and] 101; [left, along left edge, black pencil:] 23 [and] 101; [bottom right, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Laffeldt; [along bottom right edge, black pencil or ink, in Schultz's or Mason's hand, obscured by linen:] B Laffeldt July 2 1747; [bottom right, black pencil or ink, obscured by linen:] [?101]; [bottom centre, red pencil:] 24; [right, along right edge, black pencil:] 2 July.

    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, [in red ink:] par M.r Schultz.

  • Subject(s)

    Lafelt, Limburg, Belgium (50°49'49"N 05°36'43"E)

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  • 25 May 2024