The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Hastenbeck, 1757
Plan de la Position de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannque du 25 Juil: 1757. / près de Hastenbeck
1757 or laterPencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on two pieces of linen stitched together | Scale: 1:38,600 approx. | RCIN 732026
Additional text: [below title, in cartouche, a key, A-H, to the George II's German troops and those of the French on 25 July.] [Down left side of map, a list of the regiments of George II’s Army of Observation, together with the number of squadrons and battalions of each:] Noms des Regimens.
Another example of this map by du Plat is at RCIN 732201.u.
Condition: no fold lines; creased. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; the linen backing has shrunk where the label has been soaked off.
? Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title cartouche:] du Plat.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 817
Condition: no fold lines; creased. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; the linen backing 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 =].
27.6 x 36.6 cm (neatline)
27.9 x 42.8 cm (image)
28.9 x 43.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de la Position de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannque du 25 Juil: 1757. / près de Hastenbeck. [top left, in simple cartouche]
Additional text:
[below title, in cartouche, a key, A-H, to the George II's German troops and those of the French on 25 July.] [Down left side of map, a list of the regiments of George II’s Army of Observation, together with the number of squadrons and battalions of each:] Noms des Regimens.
Annotations:
George III heading: Hastenbeck 25 July 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 13. (Verso) [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Germany; [centre, red pencil, obscured by linen:] 44.
George III catalogue entry:
Hastenbeck Plan dessiné de la position de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique pres de Hastenbeck le 25 Juillet 1757: par du Plat.
Subject(s)
Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E)
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