The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Battle of Minden, 1759
PLAN OF THE BATTLE NEAR MINDEN
1759 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:40,000 approx. | RCIN 732115.a
A larger-scale map, in the same hand, as RCIN 732114, showing the 'first positions of the Ennemy in Two Lines, the first position of the King's army, the camp of the Allies on the 1 August, and the position of the King's Army after the battle'.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below
Mark, stamped: 887
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; top left, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:40,000 approx.
24.5 x 40.1 cm (neatline)
25.6 x 40.1 cm (image)
26.6 x 41.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN OF THE BATTLE NEAR MINDEN. [top centre, outside border]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Minden 1 Aug. 1759.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Minden A drawn Plan of the Battle near Minden on the 1.st of August 1759.
Subject(s)
Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E)
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14 March 2024
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