[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. HEUSCH, [Louis Ernest Amand Marie, Baron de].
Feldzug von 1813.
Feldzug von 1813.
Stock Code 57731
Drawn in 1831
The mapmaker is most probably Louis Ernest Amand Marie Baron de Heusch (1789 - 1851). Born in Gembloux, Belgium, Heusch who first distinguished himself as a cadet in the Austrian Chevau-légers Regiment No.5 'Klenau' in 1806, where he won the Croix du Canon, before joining the 2de Regiment Carabiniers Dutch cavalry in 1811, rising to cavalry-captain on 22nd July 1822. He was given an honourable discharge and retirement on half pay in 1830.
a composite of 29 manuscript plans, within a decorative wash border on a single mapsheet, tear to lower margin, 545 × 685 mm. (21 1/2 × 27 in).
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