The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampments in Hesse-Kassel, 1760
Encampments of the Allied Army / Campaigne 1760
1760 or laterPencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:426,000 approx. | RCIN 733013
The positions and dates of the camps shown for 1760 (spelling as in original) are: Fitzlaer 20 May; Frilendorf 24 June; Neustadt 25 June; Ziegenheim 26 June; Saxenhausen 10 July; Wolfshagen 25 July; [Warburg] 31 July; near Statberg 8 August; Corbeck-Bune-Borkholt 29 August.
This is another example, in a different hand, of RCINs 733011 and 733012 and shows almost the same information. The encampments at Wildungen, Hohenkirchin, Kalle, Warburg and Geismar are not named but have been drawn in the right position.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; small abrasions and fragments of a former mount at each corner.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Horn in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the initials and name L V GERREVINK below
Mark, stamped: 908
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; small abrasions and fragments of a former mount at each corner
Scale: not stated. 1:426,000 approx.
21.6 x 18.4 cm (image and neatline)
21.8 x 18.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Encampments of the Allied Army / Campaigne 1760. [top left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments in Hesse-Cassel 20 May - 15 Sep. 1760.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, underneath ‘13’, black pencil, erased:] 12. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampments of the Allied Army in Hesse Cassel from the 20.th of May to the 15.th of Sept.r 1760. [The same entry appears under the heading Hesse-Cassel.]
Subject(s)
Hesse, Germany
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