Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Military review at Zeithain and Mühlberg, 1730 (Zeithain, Saxony, Germany) 51°20ʹ01ʺN 13°20ʹ17ʺE; (Mühlberg, Brandenburg, Germany) 51°26ʹ04ʺN 13°13ʹ18ʺE
1730 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:15,000 approx. [based on Ruthen]. | RCIN 727034.a
Condition: one fold line; this plan appears to have been used as a folder for the following three plans. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt; foxing.
JF Berger (active 1730) (draughtsman) [top right, bottom of cartouche:] J.F. Berger fecit.
Subject(s)
Army-SaxonyWatermark: Cropped: fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, ‘4’ and the letter W below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 184
Condition: one fold line; this plan appears to have been used as a folder for the following three plans. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt; foxing
Scale: 1:15,000 approx. [based on Ruthen]. Scale bars: Schritt [72 mm = 1500]; Ellen [72 = 2000]; Rh. Ruth.' [75 mm = 300].
52.6 x 39.8 cm (image and neatline)
53.1 x 40.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
1ter Plan sub A. auf den Tag von der Re,, / vüe, erstes mouvement, welcher zeiget, wie die / gantze Armeé die erste Linie mit gantzer / Fronte, und die Zweÿte Division aus ihrem / Lager auf dem Place d’armes vor die / Fronte ausrücket. / Plan. A. [top right, in cartouche representing a trompe l’oeil scroll]
Annotations:
George III heading: none.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil in Christian Bailey’s hand:] VII/34-(1); [right of centre, ink:] Auf den Tag / der Revue / 4 Plans,
George III catalogue entry:
Zeithayn Plans dessiné des differentes Exercises et Mouvements Militaires executés par les Troupes Saxonnes de S.M. le Roy de Pologne et Electeur de Saxe au Campement de Zeithayn depuis le 1.re jusqu’au 26.e de Juin 1730. Fol.
Subject(s)
Zeithain, Saxony, Germany (51°20ʹ01ʺN 13°20ʹ17ʺE)
Mühlberg, Brandenburg, Germany (51°26ʹ04ʺN 13°13ʹ18ʺE)
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