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.r
Four small flaps, on which are drawn different troop positions, are pasted down on the base map.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration.
JF Berger (active 1730) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-SaxonyWatermark: Cropped: fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, ‘4’ and the letters WR below; countermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 200
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:15,000 approx. [based on Ruthen]. Scale bars: Schritt [72 mm = 1500]; Ellen [72 = 2000]; Rh. Ruth.' [75 mm = 300].
38.7 x 51.7 cm (image and neatline)
40.8 x 53.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
9ter Plan Auf den Tag der Collonnen / sechtes Mouvement sub I. welcher zei,, / get wie mit die 4,, kleinen Colonnes, nach / dem sie durch des feindes Linie, durch / gebrochen, sich zertheilen und in des fein,, / des flanquen attaquiren und chargiren. / I./. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: none.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil, in Christian Bailey’s hand:] VII/34-(18).
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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