The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Bremervörde, 1757 (Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°29'00"N 09°08'00"E
1757 or laterPencil, pen and ink on two sheets of paper, joined | Scale: not stated. 1:13,000 approx. | RCIN 732035
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: rough pencil sketch of terrain; induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
S.G. de Bonnivet (active 1741-57) (draughtsman) [top right, below title:] S G de Bonnivet.
Watermark: Pro Patria; countermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 824
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: rough pencil sketch of terrain; induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:13,000 approx.
40.7 x 42.7 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / de la Situation / d’un Terrain / pour pouvoir / y changer de Camp / Le 8e 7bre 1757.
Annotations:
George III heading: Bremervorde 8 Sep. 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 19. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, Mason's hand]: 49; [bottom right, black pencil:] 19. [left, rough black pencil sketch of ground].
George III catalogue entry:
Bremervorde Plan dessiné de la situation d’un Terrain aux Environs de Bremervorde, pour y changer le Camp le 8 Sept.re 1757: par S.G. de Bonnivet.
Subject(s)
Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°29'00"N 09°08'00"E)
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