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Map of encampment at Wunsdorff, 1757 (Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°26'00"N 09°25'00"E
1760Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:27,900 approx. | RCIN 732002.bk
The march from the previous camp at Linde to Wunsdorff was about 17 km (10½ miles). The encamped regiments are: Com.re G.al; Bellefond; Henrichemont; Harcourt; R.al Pologne; Condé; Bourbon P.ce; la Roy; la Rochefoucaut; Bourgogne; Tailleyrand; Moustier; Dauphin; Charost; Royal; Fumel; Saluces; R.al Roussillon; Bourbon Busset; C.el G.al. // St. Germain; Alsace; Champagne; Condé; Vaubecourt; Chartres; Orleans; Palatins; Aquitaine; Enghien; Dauphin; Navarre; artillery.
A key to the symbols used to distinguish between the infantry, cavalry, dragoons, and hussars, appears on the Carte des Cantonnemens, de L'Armée at RCIN 732002.ax.
In: Camps Topographiques de la Campagne de MDCCLVII, en Westphalie...Morceaux fort curieux (see RCIN 732002).
Condition: slight brown discolouration to edges.
J du Bois (active 1760) (compiler)
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom right, outside border:] J.V. Schley direx.
Veuve van Duren (active 1760) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Cropped, indistinct
Condition: slight brown discolouration to edges
Scale: 1:27,900 approx. Scale bar: Echelle 900 T[oises] [63 mm =].
10.8 x 17.1 cm (neatline)
11.9 x 17.4 cm (image)
12.4 x 18.5 cm (platemark)
20.5 x 26.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CAMP / de WUNSDORFF, / Commandé par Mr. le / Mal. de Richelieu, le 22 Aoust 1757. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Printed title:
N.o 31. [top right, outside border]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Camps Topographiques de la Campagne de 1757 en Westphalie, commencée par le Marechal d'Estrées, continuée par le Duc de Richelieu et finie par le Comte de Clermont: avec le Journal des Operations: par le S.r du Bois Ing.r La Haye 1760. oblong 4.to
Subject(s)
Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°26'00"N 09°25'00"E)
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