The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Brunswick, 1761
PLAN de la levée du Siége de BRUNSWIC / la nuit du 13. au 14. d’Octobre 1761. par S.A.S. / Monseigneur le Prince FREDERIC AUGUSTE / DUC de BRUNSWIC et de LUNEBOURG, Major Général et / Chef d’un Régiment d’Infanterie
1763Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:16,800 approx. | RCIN 733039
The liberator of Brunswick was Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1740-1805), a nephew of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunebourg. He had also fought at the Battle of Vellinghausen, 16 July 1761. Another example of this map is at RCIN 732001.w.
Additional text: [right, in rectangular panel below title, a key to the movements and actions of the troops and to the camps of Prince Xavier and M.r de Clozen, A-I, K-N:] EXPLICATION.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt.
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Grave Sous la Direction de J.v.Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, MDCCLXIII.
JC Hennemann (active 1761) (cartographer) [top right, below title, in title cartouche:] delin J.C. Hennemann Conduct:
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: 1:16,800 approx. Scale bar: 300 R[uthen?] [67 mm =].
47.4 x 49.3 cm (neatline)
48.4 x 58.3 cm (image)
49.4 x 59.1 cm (platemark)
53.8 x 65.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN de la levée du Siége de BRUNSWIC / la nuit du 13. au 14. d’Octobre 1761. par S.A.S. / Monseigneur le Prince FREDERIC AUGUSTE / DUC de BRUNSWIC et de LUNEBOURG, Major Général et / Chef d’un Régiment d’Infanterie. [top right, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[right, in rectangular panel below title, a key to the movements and actions of the troops and to the camps of Prince Xavier and M.r de Clozen, A-I, K-N:] EXPLICATION.
Annotations:
George III heading: Brunswick 13 - 14 Oct. 1761.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 13/[108]; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XVI/92; [bottom, right of centre, above old heading, black pencil, erased:] Brunswick 13 – 14 Oct. 1761.
George III catalogue entry:
Brunswick Plan de la levée du Siege de Brunswic la nuit du 13 au 14 d’Octobre 1761, par le Prince Frederic Auguste Duc de Brunswic et de Lunebourg; par J.C. Hennemann, chez Gosse et Pinet, 1763.
Subject(s)
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°16'00"N 10°32'00"E)
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14 March 2024
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