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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Plan of Hanau and Dörnickheim, 1772 (Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany) 50°08'00"N 08°55'00"E; (Dörnigheim, Hesse, Germany) 50°08'00"N 08°50'00"E
1772Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:2,000 approx. | RCIN 734005.a
The Review took place on the Dörnickheimer Heide which is a little to the west of Hanau. A paper flap, on which is drawn a different position for the manoeuvres, is pasted to the base map.
Condition: no fold lines; creased; heavy surface dirt. Verso: induced discolouration.
FJG (active 1772) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] F.J.G. 1772.
Watermark: Cropped and indistinct
Mark, stamped: 968
Condition: no fold lines; creased; heavy surface dirt. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:2,000 approx. Scale bar: [103 mm =] 240 Schritt.
25.0 x 19.9 cm (neatline)
28.0 x 31.9 cm (image)
32.7 x 35.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / derer / MANOEUVRES. / welche von den beyden in Hanau Garnisonniren / den zweiten Bataillons Sr Excellenzen derer Herrn / General Lieutnants von Scheither und von Reden / auf der Revuë 1772 executirt: sind. [top left, in rectangular cartouche at head of explanatory text]
Annotations:
George III heading: Review at Hanau in 1772.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [red ink?:] mr. 1814.
George III catalogue entry:
Hanau A drawn Plan of the Manoeuvres of the Garrison of Hanau at the Review at Hanau in 1772: by F.J.G. 1772.
Subject(s)
Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany (50°08'00"N 08°55'00"E)
Dörnigheim, Hesse, Germany (50°08'00"N 08°50'00"E)
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