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
Report of camp at Hameln, 1779 (Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°06'14"N 09°21'22"E
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)
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverWatermark: 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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