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Encampment near Hanover, 1728
PLAN / DU CAMPEMENT / FORMÉ PAR LES DEUS / BATTAILLONS GARDE / D’HANOVRE AU MOIS / DU MAY, 1728, DANS / LES PRAIRIES / D’HANOVRE
1728 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 727027
The site of this encampment was on the heathlands to the east of Hanover, in the area of the Eilenriede forests, in the vicinity of the Pferdeturm, a medieval tower.
The tabulation giving the strength of the Guards Regiment at June 1728, groups them in two battalions and lists the names of the company commanders, lieutenants, and ensigns, and the numbers of sergeants, under officers, corporals, drummers and privates in each. Each of the fourteen companies has a complement of 100 officers and men.
The following officers are named: General Baron von Bülow, Captains von Seise, von der Bourg, von Weihe, von Quiter, von Harling, von Derendahl, von Ledebowr, Graf von Kielmansegge, von Lindholtz; Majors von Spoercke, von Diepenbroick; Obrist Lieutnant [Lieutenant-Colonel] von Bothmar; Obrist [Colonel] von Ilten.
Inset: [bottom, a diagram of the encampment:] LE REGIMENT GARDE RANGÉ SELON L’ANCIENNETÉ.
Additional text: [bottom left:] TABELLE / DU REGIMENT GARDE D’HANOVRE AU MOIS DU / JUIN AN[N]O 1728.
Condition: one fold line; creased; small tear on bottom edge. Verso: ink stains; surface dirt; induced discolouration.
Janson (active 1716-28) (draughtsman) [bottom left, inside neatline:] Janson [followed by an indistinct flourish]
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 173
Condition: one fold line; creased; small tear on bottom edge. Verso: ink stains; surface dirt; induced discolouration
Scale: not stated
50.2 x 42.1 cm (neatline)
56.8 x 44.8 cm (image)
57.3 x 45.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / DU CAMPEMENT / FORMÉ PAR LES DEUS / BATTAILLONS GARDE / D’HANOVRE AU MOIS / DU MAY, 1728, DANS / LES PRAIRIES / D’HANOVRE [top, right of centre, in cartouche surmounted by a crown and possible cipher (perhaps ‘A’ for Augustus, King of Poland), flanked by flags, with cannon and cannon balls at the base]
Inset:
[bottom, a diagram of the encampment:] LE REGIMENT GARDE RANGÉ SELON L’ANCIENNETÉ.
Additional text:
[bottom left:] TABELLE / DU REGIMENT GARDE D’HANOVRE AU MOIS DU / JUIN AN[N]O 1728.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Hannover May 1728.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, erased and illegible: C?].
George III catalogue entry:
Hannover Plan dessiné du Campement formé par les seux Bataillons Garde d’Hanovre au mois de Mai 1728 dans les prairies d’Hanovre: par Janson. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment]
Subject(s)
Hanover (kingdom) [Germany]
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