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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON BAUER (1731-83)

Map of Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°13'18"N 06°46'34"E

1766

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:11,700 approx. | RCIN 732001.o

A map of the bombardment of Düsseldorf by the Hanoverians from 28 June to 6 July 1758 when the town capitulated. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-north-east to top (compass rose).

Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title cartouche, a brief summary of the action and a key, A-B.]

Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [bottom right, below text in title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.

    Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)

    Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)

    Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1766.

    Subject(s)

    Army-Hanover
    Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)
  • Watermark: None visible

    Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume

  • Scale: 1:11,700 approx. Scale bar: 800 Toises [133 mm =].

    45.4 x 30.6 cm (neatline)

    46.8 x 31.0 cm (image)

    47.2 x 32.4 cm (platemark)

    64.4 x 47.0 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN / du Bombardement / de DUSSELDORFF. / Commencé le 28.me Juin 1758. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]

    Additional text:

    [bottom right, below title, in title cartouche, a brief summary of the action and a key, A-B.]

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 15. (Verso) none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.

  • Subject(s)

    Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°13'18"N 06°46'34"E)

Page revisions

  • 24 July 2024