The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Stade, 1757
N.o XXXI. Les Camps de Stade du 12 7bre: 1757
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,600 approx. | RCIN 732201.aj
A map of the encampment of George II's German troops at Stade, 12 September 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with west-south-west to top (cardinal points).
A copy of this map can be found at RCIN 732200.ah.
The scale to the map, and the key to the conventional signs used to represent the troops is given on RCIN 732201.ai, headed 'Remarques'. The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Prussian (green), Brunswickian (yellow), Hessian (blue), French (lilac).
In: LA CAMPAGNE EN ALLEMAGNE 1757. For more information on this volume, see RCINs 732200 and 732201.
Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: C & I HONIG
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:39,600 approx. [Scale statement is on RCIN 732201.ai:] Scale bar: Echelle d’une heure de chemin, pour tous les Plans de ce Receuil. Une heure de Chemin 6000. pas Communs. [123 mm =].
33.7 x 21.1 cm (image and neatline)
37.6 x 24.0 cm (whole object)
Manuscript title:
N.o XXXI. Les Camps de Stade du 12 7bre: 1757. [top left; the map number is in a small rococo cartouche top right]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment La Campagne 1757 de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne: par le Lieut. Col. G.J. du Plat. MS. Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany.]
Subject(s)
Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°36'00"N 09°29'00"E)
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