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Order of battle of the Hanoverian army, 1729
Ordre de Battaille Zúr Revue de Aō 1729
1729 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | 32.7 x 57.3 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 727029
The site of this review was on the heathlands to the east of Hanover, in the area of the Eilenriede forests, in the vicinity of the Pferdeturm, a medieval tower. It was probably one of several military reviews undertaken by George II during his first visit to Hanover as King of Great Britain in the summer of 1729.
The General Officers are named as General Feld Marchal [von Bülow], Lieutenant-Generals Melvil and Hardenberg; Major-Generals Hasbergen, Campen; Brigadiers Wend, Schwaan, Wurm, Pontpitain. The regiments are named and the regimental rectangles appear to be coloured according to the jackets and facings of the uniforms.
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt along right edge of recto, and left edge of verso.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Indistinct: fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below
Mark, stamped: 176
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt along right edge of recto, and left edge of verso
32.7 x 57.3 cm (image and neatline)
35.3 x 59.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Ordre de Battaille Zúr Revue de Aō 1729. [centre of map]
Annotations:
George III heading: Order of Battle 1729.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, ink, obscured by blank white paper strip:] Order of Battle; [top right, black pencil:] 1729; [bottom right, red pencil:] 6/[33]; [bottom right, black pencil:] VII/[3?].
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle Ordre de Bataille zur Revue de A.o 1729. MS.
Subject(s)
Pferdeturm, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°22ʹ20ʺN 09°46ʹ50ʺE)
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