Miscellaneous
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Map of encampments at Hanckensbüttel, 1783 (Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°43'58"N 10°36'00"E
1783Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:16,000 approx. | RCIN 734098.2.m
This is one of seven maps (RCINs 734098.2.a, c, e, i, m, o, q) of proposed encampments in Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein for 20-30,000 troops with accompanying explanatory texts. All formerly contained in a rough buff paper folder, on which is written the old heading: XIV/98-2 Encampments in Germany, 1783; [bottom, black pencil, in a modern hand:] a-r (no j) Jan '87 [i.e. 1987] CMB. See also RCINs 734098.2.a-r (no j).
Condition: no fold lines; some brown discolouration. Verso: induced discolouration.
? Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverWatermark: D & C BLAUW
Mark, stamped: 1034
Condition: no fold lines; some brown discolouration. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:16,000 approx. [Scale statement following on from title:] nach dem Mastab 18" [zoll] = 2000o [rute] = 1 Meile.
24.3 x 21.1 cm (neatline)
27.2 x 21.5 cm (image)
30.7 x 24.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
N.re 5 / Versamlungs: Lager eines Corps Trouppen von 20, 25 bis 30/m Mann hinter der Ise bei / Hanckensbüttel und Kloster Isenhagen. [across top of map in plain rectangular panel]
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.]
Subject(s)
Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°43'58"N 10°36'00"E)
Page revisions
23 May 2024
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