The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of the Battle of Hastenbeck, 1757 (Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E
1763 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on three sheets of paper, joined; with a length of silk ribbon pasted on the verso along the length of the gutter | Scale: 1:30,526 approx. | RCIN 732200.t
According to the list of the Hanoverian arrmy at RCIN 733070, the author of this map, Lieutenant Pape, received his commission as Lieutenant in the Hanoverian Engineers on 30 July 1762, suggesting that the date of execution of this map was no earlier than 1762. Even if it is a copy by A.H. du Plat of the original by Pape, which may have been done earlier, the reference to him as Lieutenant makes the date of the map 1762 or later, if the table at RCIN 733070 is correct.
The key to the conventional signs used to represent the troops is given on N.o XXXII, headed 'Remarques' (RCIN 732200.ag). The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Prussian (green), Brunswickian (yellow), Hessian (blue), French (lilac).
Additional text: [bottom left, a key, 1-66, to the names of the regiments:] Renvoi. [bottom right, a key, A-I, K-R, to the map.]
In: LA CAMPAGNE 1757 de L'Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne. See RCIN 732200 for the main entry.
Condition: three fold lines; a small tear to centre of left edge. Verso: induced discolouration.
[?] Pape (active 1760-63) (draughtsman) [bottom left, below scale bar:] dessiné par Pape, Lieut du Genie.
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverArmy-BrunswickArmy-FranceArmy-HesseWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a bell above the name C & I HONIG
Condition: three fold lines; a small tear to centre of left edge. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:30,526 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de cinq mille pas communs [133 mm =] 5000.
67.8 x 61.4 cm (image and neatline)
72.7 x 65.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / de La Bataille de / Hastenbeck / qui s’est donnée Le 26 Juilliet 1757 entre L’Armée / de sa Majesté Britannique, commandée par S.A.R. / Monseigr Le Duc de Cumberland, et celle de La France / aux ordres de Mr: Le Marechal d’Estrées. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, a key, 1-66, to the names of the regiments:] Renvoi. [bottom right, a key, A-I, K-R, to the map.]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment La Campagne 1757 de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne: par le Lieut. Col. G.J. du Plat. MS. Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany.]
Subject(s)
Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E)
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