Maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95)
Encampment at Minden, Dankersen and Holzhausen, 1757
Encampment at Minden, Dankersen and Holzhausen, 1757
Les deux Camps du 16 et du 26 de Juin, de L’Armée de sa Majesté Britannique près de Minden / 1757 c.1757
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on brown linen | Scale: not stated | RCIN 732020
? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95)
Map of encampment at Minden, Dankersen and Holzhausen, 1757 (Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52?17'00"N 08?55'00"E; (Dankersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52?18'00"N 08?58'00"E; (Holzha c.1757
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A map of the Hanoverian camps near Minden on 16 and 26 June 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south to top.
The tentative attribution to G.J. du Plat is made on stylistic grounds. The nationality of the regiments is indicated by colour: Prussians (black), Hanoverians (red), Hessians (blue), Brunswick (yellow). See also RCINs 732200.o and q.
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? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor and draughtsman)
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Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 811
Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt
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Scale: not stated
33.7 x 21.9 cm (image and neatline)
35.1 x 23.5 cm (sheet)
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Manuscript title:
Les deux Camps du 16 et du 26 de Juin, de L’Armée de sa Majesté Britannique près de Minden / 1757. [across top of map, inside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Holzhausen 16, and Danckersen 26 June 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] [13/19]; [bottom left, black pencil:] [XV/6?].
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné des deux Camps de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique a Holzhausen le 16, et a Danckersen le 26 Juin 1757, pres de Minden. [The same entry appears under the headings Holzhausen and Danckersen.]
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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)
Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E)
Dankersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°18'00"N 08°58'00"E)
Holzhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°47'22"N 09°08'09"E)
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