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The card depicts Overkirk seated on his charger in the foreground of the battle, raising his sword in his left hand.\nFrom a complete pack of 52 playing-cards commemorating the victories of the Duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Spades satirise the French enemy, the other three suits represent scenes from the campaigns, mostly in the Netherlands, also in Spain and Belgium; the aces, court and some numeral cards are portraits or satirical or allegorical scenes.\nA museum catalogue card is included with the pack and pasted with a printed cutting from a sale catalogue, which has been crossed out in graphite: 'CARDS, A Pack of 52 Curious old Engraved Cards \/ representing Humourous and Comical Scenes, Military \/ Portraits of Blucher, Wellington, etc. National Emblematic Figures etc. engraved by L. OSIANDER, scarce'. A graphite inscription written on the card below: 'Pack of 52 line-engraved cards, of historical scenes & personages relating to the War of the Spanish Succession.'. The verso is blank.\nThe pack of cards and catalogue card are contained inside a folded manilla envelope inscribed in ink in a calligraphic hand: 'Marlborough's Victories \/ A pack of 52 cards \/ Reproduced in _Playing Cards [of various ages and countries] \/ selected from the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber_, Vol. 1, plates \/ 35-38 \/ See also _BM Satires_, vol. 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