The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Bielefeld and Rehme, 1757 (Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°02'00"N 08°32'00"E; (Rehme, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°12'00"N 08°49'00"E
c.1757Pencil, pen and ink on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:85,400 approx. | RCIN 732017
The ‘Capitaine du Plat’ referred to in the old catalogue entry (there was no ‘C. du Plat’, as suggested by the signature), would, at this date, have been A.H. du Plat. The key, bottom right, gives symbols for bad places, inferior bridges, and places where pontoon bridges could be built. The army had camped at Remen (i.e. Rehme) on 14 June (see RCIN 732002.1.ag). The source for the attributed date of 10 June for the date of the detail of this map, made by one of George III's librarians in the old catalogue entry, is not known.
Condition: five fold lines; creased; small hole, right, above centre; brown stains; top right and bottom right corners diagonally cut; surface dirt on verso.
Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman) [bottom right:] C. du Plat.
Watermark: Amsterdam coat of arms; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 808
Condition: five fold lines; creased; small hole, right, above centre; brown stains; top right and bottom right corners diagonally cut; surface dirt on verso
Scale: not stated. 1:85,400 approx.
39.7 x 19.3 cm (image)
39.9 x 22.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: March from Bielefeld to Remen 10 June 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right centre, red pencil:] 38.
George III catalogue entry:
March A drawn Plan of the March of the Allied Army from Bielefeld to Remen upon the Weser, 10 June 1757: by Captain du Plat. [The same entry appears under the headings Bielefeld and Remen]
Subject(s)
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°02'00"N 08°32'00"E)
Rehme, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°12'00"N 08°49'00"E)
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