The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampments at Sachsenhausen, 1760
1760 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:108,000 approx. | RCIN 733014
This is a detailed topographical map naming the minor settlements and rivers and showing the positions of the French and Allied troops, the Battle of Corbach on 10 July and including an action on 20 July between two batteries on each side of the valley at Höringhausen (51°16'21"N 08°59'08"E). The detail is more sketchy to the south at Wildungen (Bad Wildungen 51°07'10"N 09°07'29"E) and the map may be unfinished. The area covered extends from Mengeringhausen (51°22'01"N 08°59'18"E) in the north to Braunau (51°04'47"N 09°07'45"E) in the south, and from Fritzlar (51°07'54"N 09°16'32"E) in the east to Eisenberg (Eisen-Berg 51°15'03"N 08°49'40"E) in the west. The hand resembles that of A.H. du Plat, but this is a tentative suggestion and the identification is not secure.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: surface dirt; induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 909
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: surface dirt; induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:108,000 approx.
34.6 x 34.5 cm (neatline)
35.3 x 35.2 cm (image)
35.9 x 35.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Sachsenhausen and Action of Corbach 10 July 1760.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Corbach A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the Allied Army, under the command of Prince Ferdinand, at Sachsenhausen: and of the Action at Corbach on the 10.th of July 1760. [The same entry appears under the headings Encampment and Sachsenhausen.]
Subject(s)
Sachsenhausen, Hesse, Germany (51°14'36"N 09°00'35"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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