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Map of encampment at Holzhausen, 1757 (Holzhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°47'22"N 09°08'09"E
1760Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:33,600 approx. | RCIN 732002.aw
The march from the previous encampment at Horn to Holzhausen was about 16 km (10 miles). The town of 'Niem', shown on this plan, is present-day Nieheim.The encamped regiments are: Comm.re G.al; Bellefonds; Aquitaine; Navarre; Palatins; Enghien; Eú; Autrichiens; Clerm.t T.; Bourbon B.; Col.el G.al; // Cravattes; Noailles; Charost; Mailly; Palatins; Champagne; Bourbon P.ce; Harcourt; Bourgogne; // la Motte (artillery); Menonville (artillery); G.ers de France; Mestre de Camp; Col.el G.al.
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: flat, no fold lines; some foxing.
J du Bois (active 1760) (compiler)
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom right, outside border, engraver:] J.V. Schley direx.
Veuve van Duren (active 1760) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Cropped, indistinct
Condition: flat, no fold lines; some foxing
Scale: 1:33,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle1000 T[oises] [58 mm =].
10.9 x 16.9 cm (neatline)
12.1 x 17.2 cm (image)
12.4 x 18.5 cm (platemark)
20.5 x 26.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CAMP / de HOLTHEOUSEN, / Commandé par Mr. de Berchiny, / le 12 Juillet / 1757. [top left, in cartouche]
Printed title:
N.o 17. [top right, outside border]
Annotations:
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)
Holzhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°47'22"N 09°08'09"E)
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