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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

DANIEL PINET (ACTIVE 1762-86)

Map of Brunswick, 1761 (Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°16'00"N 10°32'00"E

1763

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:16,800 approx. | RCIN 733039

A map of Brunswick and its immediate environs, showing, in red, the march route taken by Frederick Augustus from the village of Oelper to the gates of the city on 14 October 1761. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top (cardinal points).

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)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)
    Army-France
  • 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)

Page revisions

  • 24 July 2024