WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852). Autograph manuscript battle map, captioned “The Council of War held the 26th of September [1792], where all were for attacking Dumouriez but the D[uke] of Brunswick.” N.p., n.d. [c.1815
WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852). Autograph manuscript battle map, captioned “The Council of War held the 26th of September [1792], where all were for attacking Dumouriez but the D[uke] of Brunswick.” N.p., n.d. [c.1815?] One page, 232 x 185mm. (Some light spotting, laid down.) Matted and framed. A detailed manuscript battle map by the Duke of Wellington, the great hero who crushed Napoleon. Apparently the first and only ever offered at auction. This map depicts the aftermath of the Battle of Valmy, the first major victory of France’s “citizen army.” This Battle was of great interest to military strategists as Brunswick led a force equal to that of the French under Dumouriez and Kellerman but chose to withdraw to the East and not seriously pursue the French. Speculation ranges from the unexpected esprit de corps of the anthem-singing French troops to the possible treachery or bribery of Brunswick. The Duke of Wellington was not at this Battle but it is unsurprising that it was of enduring interest to him. By a strange twist of fate, General Dumouriez defected to the Austrians the year after his victory at Valmy and ended up in London and a personal friend and advisor to Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington around 1814-1815 and the Battle of Waterloo. Provenance : Romer Williams to Sir Henry Horne (gift inscription on verso of frame dated July 1917).
WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852). Autograph manuscript battle map, captioned “The Council of War held the 26th of September [1792], where all were for attacking Dumouriez but the D[uke] of Brunswick.” N.p., n.d. [c.1815
WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852). Autograph manuscript battle map, captioned “The Council of War held the 26th of September [1792], where all were for attacking Dumouriez but the D[uke] of Brunswick.” N.p., n.d. [c.1815?] One page, 232 x 185mm. (Some light spotting, laid down.) Matted and framed. A detailed manuscript battle map by the Duke of Wellington, the great hero who crushed Napoleon. Apparently the first and only ever offered at auction. This map depicts the aftermath of the Battle of Valmy, the first major victory of France’s “citizen army.” This Battle was of great interest to military strategists as Brunswick led a force equal to that of the French under Dumouriez and Kellerman but chose to withdraw to the East and not seriously pursue the French. Speculation ranges from the unexpected esprit de corps of the anthem-singing French troops to the possible treachery or bribery of Brunswick. The Duke of Wellington was not at this Battle but it is unsurprising that it was of enduring interest to him. By a strange twist of fate, General Dumouriez defected to the Austrians the year after his victory at Valmy and ended up in London and a personal friend and advisor to Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington around 1814-1815 and the Battle of Waterloo. Provenance : Romer Williams to Sir Henry Horne (gift inscription on verso of frame dated July 1917).
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