Map of Adenburg 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

Johann Georg Croupp (active 1780-87) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title cartouche:] J.G. Croupp.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below

Mark, stamped: 1001

Condition: four fold lines

Scale: 1:12,000 approx. Scale bar: [66 mm =] 1000 Schritte

36.1 x 44.8 cm (neatline)

36.7 x 45.5 cm (image)

42.8 x 51.2 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

PLAN / VON DER OHNWEIT LÜNE [BURG] / CAMPIRENDEN CAVALLERIE / UND INFANTERIE. [bottom right, in trompe l'oeil torn scroll cartouche]

Additional text:

[top right, in trompe l'oeil torn scroll cartouche:] Explication / der Buchstaben zu den auf diesen Plan befindlichen Manoeuvres. N^r 1. Exercier. Manoeuver auf der Adendorffer Hügel. Heide. N^r 2. Disposition im Adendorffer Holtz auf der Heide beim / Fuhren Camp. [Bottom right, in title cartouche, below title, a key, A-F, to the regiments].

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment near Luneburg, 1780.

Other annotations: (Recto) [black pencil, right of title, the word ‘BURG’ is written in right margin]. (Verso) [right of old heading number, black pencil, in a modern hand: -I CMB Jan'87.]

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.]