American War of Independence (1775-83)
George III’s maps and views showing the development of the war at home and abroad, from North America to India
Camp at Hameln, 1779
Rapport / Von dem im Lager bey Hameln vom 16ten bis / den 26ten Septemb. 1779. / versammelten Corps
c.1779Ink with some watercolour on six sheets of paper, folded in half and stitched together with red and blue thread; 24 pp. | 33.2 x 21.5 cm (sheet) | RCIN 734048.b
Condition: brown discolouration to edges and on verso of last folio.
Georg August Wangenheim (1706-80) (author)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: the letters GR below a crown
Mark, stamped: 999
Condition: brown discolouration to edges and on verso of last folio
33.2 x 21.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Rapport / Von dem im Lager bey Hameln vom 16ten bis / den 26ten Septemb. 1779. / versammelten Corps.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Hameln 16 - 26 Sep. 1779.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, red ink, eighteenth- or nineteenth-century hand:] mr 1814. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan des Lagers bey Hameln vom 16.ten biss den 26.ten Sept.r 1779: vom Enseigne Schroter. drawn. With a manuscript Report by General Wangenheim. [The same entry appears under the heading Hameln.]
Subject(s)
Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°06'14"N 09°21'22"E)
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