Map of encampment at Afferde and Hastenbeck, 1757 (Afferde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°05'57"N 09°24'28"E; (Hastenbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°04'44"N 09°25'07"E

? Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman)

Watermark: C & I HONIG

Mark, stamped: 814

Condition: no fold lines; induced discolouration at corners of recto from paste on verso where the map has been laid down on paper; fragments of the backing paper remain

Scale: not stated. 1:17,200 approx.

19.1 x 23.4 cm (neatline)

19.2 x 31.7 cm (image)

21.1 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

PLAN / du Camp d’Afferden, occupé / le 12 Juillet 1757. par L’Armée d’Ob- / servation de Sa Majesté Britannique. [top left, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[down left side of map, below title, a key, A-C, to detached parts of the army, and a list of the regiments forming the Right and Left Wings.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment at Afferden 12 July 1757.

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, ink:] 9. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, Mason’s hand]: 41.

George III catalogue entry:

Afferden Plan dessiné du Camp d’Afferden occupé le 12 Juillet 1757 par l’Armée d’Observation de Sa Majesté Britannique: [in red ink:] par le Capitaine du Plat. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]