The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Hastenbeck, 1757
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated | RCIN 732028
This sketch shows the Hanoverians occupying the Right Wing and Centre of the First Line of Battle, with the Brunswicks on the Left Wing, with Hanoverian and Hessian cavalry in the Second Line, and detached squadrons in the left rear. The French formation and battery positions are marked.
Condition: four fold lines.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 819
Condition: four fold lines
Scale: not stated
20.0 x 30.8 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Hastenbeck 26 July 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Hastenbeck; [top right, ink, obscured by linen:] R [i.e. received?] Aug 9th 1757; [bottom right, red pencil:] 13/27; [bottom right, black pencil:] [XV[/?].
George III catalogue entry:
Hastenbeck Plan dessiné de la Bataille de Hastenbeck, le 26 Juillet 1757.
Subject(s)
Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E)
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