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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Map of encampment at Deutsch Evern, 1782 (Deutsch Evern, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°12'00"N 10°26'00"E
1791 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:46,000 approx. | RCIN 734080.c
This may have been copied from Croupp's map of the event (RCIN 734080.a). H.R.H. The Prince Adolphus would have been eight years old when the manoeuvres depicted on this plan took place. He began his military training in Hanover in 1791 and this map may have been copied as an exercise at that time.
Additional text: [top right, below title:] Ordre de Bataille / Gen: Lieut von Ahlefeldt / G:M. v. Bremer, v: Ramdohr, v: Scharnhorst, Goldaker, Sprengel, G.L. Janquiers [with a list of the numbers of squadrons or battalions of each.
Condition: no fold lines; double pin holes top centre. Verso: induced discolouration.
Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) (draughtsman) [bottom left, inside neatline:] Adolphus Frederick [Duke of Cambridge] fas.
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverWatermark: Cropped: [Britannia inside a triple circle, PRO ... ATE around, crown with small tree above
Mark, stamped: 1020
Condition: no fold lines; double pin holes top centre. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:46,000 approx. Scale bar: [52 mm =] 3000 Schritt.
22.2 x 19.0 cm (image and neatline)
24.3 x 20.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
SITUATIONS PLAN. / des / Exercir Lagers bey Teutsch Evern / ohnweit Luneburg / vom 11ten bis den 21,ten Juny 1782. [top right]
Additional text:
[top right, below title:] Ordre de Bataille / Gen: Lieut von Ahlefeldt / G:M. v. Bremer, v: Ramdohr, v: Scharnhorst, Goldaker, Sprengel, G.L. Janquiers [with a list of the numbers of squadrons or battalions of each.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Teutsch Evern 11-21 June 1782.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, red ink:] a cross; (Verso) none.
George III catalouge entry:
Encampment Situations Plan der Exercir Lagers bey Teutsch Evern ohnweit Luneburg vom 11ten bis den 21ten Juny 1782: von Adolphus Frederick. (the Duke of Cambridge) drawn. [The same entry appears under the heading Teutsch Evern.]
Subject(s)
Deutsch Evern, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°12'00"N 10°26'00"E)
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