George III’s maps and views showing the development of the war at home and abroad, from North America to India

J.E. VON AHLEFELD (ACTIVE 1780)

Adendorf and Lüneburg, 1780 (Adendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°16'54"N 10°26'16"E; (Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°15'03"N 10°24'50"E

1780

Pencil, pen, and ink on paper, two pages of text | 34.6 x 21.4 cm (sheet) | RCIN 734058.2.d

A manuscript text which accompanies the map at RCIN 734058.2.a.

Condition: no fold lines.

J.E. von Ahlefeld (active 1780) (author) [signed and dated:] Ratceburg [?] 29 April 1780 [J E] v Ahlefeld.

Subject(s)

Army-Hanover
Watermark: Similar to Heawood 3267: two letters X with the initials D & C B in a shield with scrollwork around the outside

Mark, stamped: 1004

Condition: no fold lines
34.6 x 21.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:

N^ro 2. / Disposition im Ahdendorffer Holtz …

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment near Luneburg.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Luneburg Plan der ohnweit Luneburg campirenden Cavallerie und Infanterie, - Plan der Disposition auf den Dalenburger und Giffkendorffer Wege ohnweit Luneburg. drawn. (with MS. Explanations, 29 April 1780). [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Adendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°16'54"N 10°26'16"E)

Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°15'03"N 10°24'50"E)