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Map of encampment at Holsenstein, 1757 (Holtensen bei Weetzen, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°16'00"N 09°38'00"E
1760Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:28,900 approx. | RCIN 732002.bi
The march from the previous encampment at Münder to Holsenstein was about 11½ km (7 miles). The encamped regiments are: Comm.re G.al; Bellefont; Aquitaine; Tailleyrand; Moustier; Dauphin; Picardie; la Rocheaimont; Lionnois; Palatins; Le Roy; La Marine; Autrichiens; Royal Pologne; Harcourt; Henrichemont; Clermont Tonnere; Bourbon B.sset; Colonel G.al. // R.al Roussillon; Fumel; Condé; Champagne; Chartres; Orleans; St. Germain; Alsace; Palatins; Condé; Vaubecourt; Navarre; Charost; Noailles; Cravattes. // Carabiniers; Artillery.
The regiments of the returning camp in February 1758 are: Auvergne; Yenner; Conty; La Dauphine; R.al Pologne; Nassau Sarbruck; R.al Suedois; La tour du Pin; Chantilly; Bergeret; Modene; R.al Roussillon; Dauphin; Chabrillant.
Additional text: [top right, numerical key, 1-14:] Camp / de Retour Commandé / par M.gr Le P.ce de Clermont / du 28. Fevrier au 2 Mars 1758.
A key to the symbols used to distinguish between the infantry, cavalry, dragoons, and hussars, appears on the Carte des Cantonnemens, de L'Armée at RCIN 732002.ax.
In: Camps Topographiques de la Campagne de MDCCLVII, en Westphalie...Morceaux fort curieux (see RCIN 732002).
Condition: very slight brown discolouration to right edge. There has been some erasure to the plate number, top right; the 'N.o' appears to be engraved, the '55' is written over the erasure in ink.
J du Bois (active 1760) (compiler)
? Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Veuve van Duren (active 1760) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Cropped, indistinct
Condition: very slight brown discolouration to right edge. There has been some erasure to the plate number, top right; the 'N.o' appears to be engraved, the '55' is written over the erasure in ink
Scale: 1:28,900 approx. Scale bar: Echelle 800 T[oises] [54 mm =].
10.9 x 17.3 cm (neatline)
11.1 x 17.5 cm (image)
12.3 x 18.7 cm (platemark)
20.5 x 26.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CAMP / d’HOLSENSTEIN, / Commandé par Mr. / de Richelieu / Le 10 Aoust 1757. [top left, in rococo cartouche]
Printed title:
N.o 29. [top left, ink]
Printed title:
N.o 55. [top right, ink, crossed out in black pencil]
Additional text:
[top right, numerical key, 1-14:] Camp / de Retour Commandé / par M.gr Le P.ce de Clermont / du 28. Fevrier au 2 Mars 1758.
Annotations:
(Recto) [top left, ink:] N.o 29. [top right, ink, crossed out in black pencil:] N.o 55. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Camps Topographiques de la Campagne de 1757 en Westphalie, commencée par le Marechal d'Estrées, continuée par le Duc de Richelieu et finie par le Comte de Clermont: avec le Journal des Operations: par le S.r du Bois Ing.r La Haye 1760. oblong 4.to
Subject(s)
Holtensen bei Weetzen, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°16'00"N 09°38'00"E)
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