The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampments at Vellinghausen, 1761
Sketch of the Position taken by / the Allied Army immediately after / the Battle of Fellinghausen, July 16,th / 1761
1762Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper; dissected into 9 panels, laid down on coarse linen and edged with green silk | Scale: not stated. | RCIN 733037.a
The attribution to Pleydell is made on stylistic grounds. This map shows information which is not present on RCINs 733035 or 733036.
Additional text: [bottom right, a key, A-H, K-N, to the disposition of the regiments in the Allied army camps:] References … N.B, The yellow is the position of the Troops during ye Action.
Condition: brown stains; small tear to bottom left panel, repaired by laying down on linen. Verso: top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label together with a partial migration of red ink giving an incomplete reference: I [3]0 A.
? John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Crowned shield with horn, a ‘4’ suspending the letters S C K; countermark: a crown above the letters GR
Mark, stamped: 933
Condition: brown stains; small tear to bottom left panel, repaired by laying down on linen. Verso: top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label together with a partial migration of red ink giving an incomplete reference: I [3]0 A
Scale: not stated. 1:152,600 approx.
28.4 x 44.8 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the Position taken by / the Allied Army immediately after / the Battle of Fellinghausen, July 16,th / 1761. [top left]
Additional text:
[bottom right, a key, A-H, K-N, to the disposition of the regiments in the Allied army camps:] References … N.B, The yellow is the position of the Troops during ye Action.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Wellinghausen 16 July 1761.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Wellinghausen A drawn Plan of the position taken by the Allied Army immediately after the Battle of Fellinghausen, 16 July 1761.
Subject(s)
Vellinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°39'47"N 07°59'12"E)
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