Georges-Louis Le Rouge (1707-1790)

BATAILLE DE SAHAY EN BOHEME DU 25. MAY 1742

C. 1750
Copperplate on paper, 32x47,5 cm, marked upper right "A Paris chés le Sr. le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins.". Issued by Georges-Louis Le Rouge in Paris in 1750. Depiction of the 3 phases of the Battle of Zahájí (in southern Bohemia) during the First Silesian War (for the Austrian inheritance) between the Austrian army led by Marshal Jan Jiří Kristián of Lobkowicz and the French army led by Marshal Charles Louis Auguste. Repaired tear on the upper edge c. 2 cm, partially creased and soiled edges.