The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Harburg, 1757
SIÉGE du CHATEAU / de / HARBOURG / du 28.me Nov: au 27 Decembr. 1757
1769Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: [1:34,800 approx.] | RCIN 732001.h
Additional text: [below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-I.]
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [bottom of title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J. v. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1765.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volum
Scale: [1:34,800 approx.] Scale bar [7 mm =] 300 unspecified units [Schritte?]
53.4 x 34.5 cm (neatline)
54.3 x 34.9 cm (image)
56.5 x 35.9 cm (platemark)
63.7 x 46.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
SIÉGE du CHATEAU / de / HARBOURG / du 28.me Nov: au 27 Decembr. 1757. [top left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-I.]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 8. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.
Subject(s)
Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (53°28'00"N 09°59'00"E)
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