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    ANTON HEINRICH DU PLAT (1738-91)

    Germany, 1783

    1783

    Ink on paper; six pages of text on two sheets of paper, folded in half and stitched together to give eight pages (two blank) | 31.7 x 40.5 cm (sheet; folded to 31.7 x 20.2 cm) | RCIN 734098.2.g

    A report on encampment positions in areas round Göttingen, Calenberg, Hameln, Rothenburg, Allendorf, Witzenhausen, Hedemunden, Cassel, Munden, and many other places. See also RCINs 734098.2.a-r (no j).

    Condition: one fold.

    • Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman) [signed and dated:] Göttingen im Monaht 7br. 1783 A H du Plat.

      Subject(s)

      Army-Hanover

    • Watermark: Pro Patria; countermark: C & I HONIG

      Mark, stamped: 1029

      Condition: one fold

    • 31.7 x 40.5 cm (sheet; folded to 31.7 x 20.2 cm)

    • Manuscript title:

      Unterthänigster Bericht.

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Encampments in Germany, 1783.

      Other annotations: none.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Encampment Seven drawn Plans of Encampments in Germany, with MS. Explanations by G.J. du Plat, 1783. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany.]

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