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Map of encampment at Wesel, 1758 (Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°40'00"N 06°37'00"E
1760Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:30,000 approx. | RCIN 732002.ch
A map of the French encampment at Wesel under the command of Clermont, 30 March-4 April 1758. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top.
The encamped regiments are: Brancas; la Marche; St. Germain; R.al Pologne; Yenner; Enghien; Nassau Ussing; Bergues; Conty; R.al Comtois; Alsace; Orleans; Auvergne; Picardie; Aquitaine; Bourgogne; Dauphin; R.al Pologne; R.al Piedmont; M.tre de Camp. // M.tre de Camp; Orleans; Caraman; Apchon; Harcourt. // R.al Roussillon; Lennoncourt; Dampierre; Moustier; la Marine; Aquitaine; la Dauphine; Nassau; Bentheim; Vastan; R.al Baviere; Lowendal; Courten; Chartres; Condé; Lockman; R.al Suedois; la Marck; Auinont; Bretagne; Belsunce; Navarre; Fleury; la Rochefoucaut; Maugiron; Fumel; R.al Etranger. // le Roy; Col.el G.al. // G.ers R.aux; G.ers de France.
A key to the symbols used to distinguish between the infantry, cavalry, dragoons, and hussars, appears on the Carte des Cantonnemens, de L'Armée at RCIN 732002.ax.
In: Camps Topographiques de la Campagne de MDCCLVII, en Westphalie...Morceaux fort curieux (see RCIN 732002).
J du Bois (active 1760) (compiler)
? Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom right, outside border:] J.V. Schley direx.
Veuve van Duren (active 1760) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Indistinct
Condition: brown discolouration
Scale: 1:30,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle 600 T[oises] [39 mm =].
10.9 x 17.1 cm (neatline)
12.0 x 17.4 cm (image)
12.4 x 18.5 cm (platemark)
20.5 x 26.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CAMP / de WESEL Retour, / Commandé par Mgr. / le Cte. de Clermont / du 30 Mars au 4 Avril / 1758. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Printed title:
N.o 56. [top right, outside border]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Camps Topographiques de la Campagne de 1757 en Westphalie, commencée par le Marechal d'Estrées, continuée par le Duc de Richelieu et finie par le Comte de Clermont: avec le Journal des Operations: par le S.r du Bois Ing.r La Haye 1760. oblong 4.to
Subject(s)
Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°40'00"N 06°37'00"E)
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