Maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95)
Encampment at Grohnde, 1757 c.1757
Pencil on paper | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 732004.d
![Master: [Encampments in Germany 1757]
Item: Sketch of encampment at Grohnde, 1757 (Grohnde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52?01'00](https://militarymaps.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/c/668867-1490008800.jpg?itok=NSlnvnxY "Master: [Encampments in Germany 1757]
Item: Sketch of encampment at Grohnde, 1757 (Grohnde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52?01'00")
? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95)
Master: [Encampments in Germany 1757] Item: Sketch of encampment at Grohnde, 1757 (Grohnde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52?01'00"N 09?25'00"E c.1757
![Master: [Encampments in Germany 1757]
Item: Sketch of encampment at Grohnde, 1757 (Grohnde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52?01'00](https://militarymaps.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/d/668396-1489767801.jpg?itok=2R5Sw1_G "Master: [Encampments in Germany 1757]
Item: Sketch of encampment at Grohnde, 1757 (Grohnde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52?01'00")
Detailed object viewer
A sketch of the encampment of the Hanoverian army at Grohnde, 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-west to top.
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? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor and draughtsman)
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Watermark: Horn in crowned shield, the letters B F below
Mark, stamped: 801
Condition: one fold line; creased; brown stains to both sides
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Scale: not stated. Not to scale.
15.6 x 25.0 cm (image)
21.2 x 30.9 cm (sheet)
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Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments in Germany 1757.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment 5 drawn sketches of Encampments in Germany in 1757. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany]
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Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Subject(s)
Grohnde, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°01'00"N 09°25'00"E)
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