Plan of Scheunen, 1753 (near Dresden, Saxony, Germany) 51°04'43"N 13°45'38"E

Anonymous (cartographer)

Subject(s)

Watermark: Strasburg bend in shield, fleur-de-lys above, the letters VDL below; countermark: IV

Mark, stamped: 766

Condition: seven fold lines; 2,5 cm tear to top edge. Verso: surface dirt along fold lines; heavy surface dirt along top edge

Scale: 1:1,800 approx. Scale bar: Maastab zum Plane 60 Toisen [65 mm =].

30.5 x 53.5 cm (neatline)

41.3 x 53.9 cm (image)

43.2 x 55.8 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

Plan / von der Attaque / der / Ohnweit denen Scheunen beÿ Dresden / aufgeworffenen Schantze. / vom 8^ten bis mit dem 15^den Junii / Anno 1753. [top left, in rectangular panel]

Insets:

[top, a series of nine sections or profiles through the fortifications.] Scale: 1:437 approx. Maastab zu denen Profilen 20 Toises [89 mm =]; size: 10.1 x 28.0 cm (neatline).

Additional text:

[top right, a key, A-I, K-T, V-X, to the features on the plan:] Erklarung derer Buchstaben.

Annotations:

George III heading: Scheunen 8-15 June 1753.

Other annotations (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 6; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] Scheunen 8-15 June 1753.

George III catalogue entry:

Scheunen Plan von der Attaque der ohnweit denen Scheunen bey Dresden aufgeworffenen Schantze vom 8^ten bis mit dem 15.^ten Junii 1753. drawn.