War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
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Map of the Battle of Malplaquet, 1709 (Malplaquet, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°19'11"N 03°51'56"E
published 1709Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: not stated. 1:23,500 approx. | RCIN 726034
A map with letterpress explanatory text of the Battle of Malplaquet, fought on 11 September 1709 between the Allied army (Austria, Dutch Republic, Great Britain, Prussia), commanded by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Prince Eugène of Savoy (1663-1736), and the armies of France and the Electorate of Bavaria, commanded by Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1643-1734) and Marshal Louis François, duc de Boufflers (1644-1711), resulting in an Allied victory. War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Oriented with south-west to top.
This map focuses on the area extending between Sars (Sars-la-Bruyère; 50°22'17"N 03°52'27"E) and Taisniere (Taisnières-sur-Hon 50°19'12"N 03°50'05"E).
This is another example of the map at RCIN 726033 but with more hand-colouring.
Eugène Henri Fricx (January 1644-18 December 1730) (publisher) [bottom right, inside neatline:] A Bruxelles Chez Eugene Henry Fricx, Imprimeur du Roy, ruë de / la Magdeleine 1709.
Brüchmann (active 1708-9) (surveyor) [bottom right:] Par Mons.r Brüchman Capitaine de S.A.E. de Bruns: Luneb: et Hannovre.
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-Allied army (War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)Army-PrussiaArmy-GBArmy-HollandArmy-FranceWatermark: Indistinct
Condition: one fold line. Verso: black ink smudges and brown and red marks; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:23,500 approx.
36.1 x 46.6 cm (neatline)
38.0 x 47.3 cm (image)
39.0 x 48.2 cm (platemark)
40.1 x 49.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE DE MALPLAQUET ET CAMPPERDU DONNÉE LE 11. SEPTEMBRE 1709. / à 7. heures du matin jusqu'a 4. heures apres midy, que l'Ennemy se retira vers Maubeuge et Bavay. [top, outside map]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in plain panel, a key, A-i, K-N, to the positions of the encampments and attacks of the two armies:] RENVOY. [Bottom right, a key, O-R, to the symbols for the cavalary and infantry of both armies.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Malplaquet 11 Sept.r 1709.
Other annotations: (Recto) four cannon symbols have been added in ink to the battery marked ‘H’ north of Aulnoit, together with the annotation ‘12 ½ Ca:’. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 74; [right centre, red pencil:] 74.
George III catalogue entry:
Malplaquet Le meme Plan [[i.e. as RCIN 726033], coloré.]
Subject(s)
Malplaquet, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°19'11"N 03°51'56"E)
