The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Hastenbeck, 1757
Plan de la Position de L’Armée de Sa Majesté Britque du 26 Juil: / 1757 / pres de Hastenbeck
1757 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:38,600 approx. | RCIN 732027
Another example of this map by du Plat is at RCIN 732201.u.
Additional text: [below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-F, to the disposition of the troops of George II's German army and those of the French.] [Down left side of map, a list of the regiments of George II's army together with the number of squadrons and battalions:] Noms des Regimens.
Condition: no fold lines; creased; slight surface dirt. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; the linen has shrunk where the label has been soaked off.
? Georg Josua du Plat (1722-95) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title cartouche:] du Plat.
Watermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 818
Condition: no fold lines; creased; slight surface dirt. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; the linen has shrunk where the label has been soaked off
Scale: 1:38,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une demie heure de Chemin [63 mm =].
27.7 x 37.3 cm (neatline)
27.9 x 43.4 cm (image)
29.4 x 43.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de la Position de L’Armée de Sa Majesté Britque du 26 Juil: / 1757 / pres de Hastenbeck. [top left, in simple cartouche]
Additional text:
[below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-F, to the disposition of the troops of George II's German army and those of the French.] [Down left side of map, a list of the regiments of George II's army together with the number of squadrons and battalions:] Noms des Regimens.
Annotations:
George III heading: Hastenbeck 26 July 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 14. (Verso) [centre, red pencil, obscured by linen:] 45.
George III catalogue entry:
Hastenbeck. Plan dessiné de la position de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique pres de Hastenbeck le 26 Juillet 1757: par du Plat.
Subject(s)
Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E)
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