The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of encampments in Hesse-Kassel, 1760 (Hesse, Germany)
1760 or laterPencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:426,000 approx. | RCIN 733011
The positions and dates of the camps shown for 1760 (spelling as in original) are: Fitzlaer 20 May; Frilendorf 24 June; Neustadt 23 June; Zegenheim 26 June; Wildungen 9 July; Saxenhausen 10 July; Wolfshagen 25 July; Hoinkirchin 26 July; Kalle 27 July; Warburg 31 July; near Statberg 8 August; Corbeck-Bune-Borkholtzt 29 August; Geismar 15 September.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: Cropped: [the crowned letters GR, wreath to each side, the whole within a circle]
Mark, stamped: 906
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:426,000 approx.
23.4 x 18.1 cm (neatline)
23.9 x 18.5 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Encampments of the Allied Army / Campaigne 1760. [top left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment in Hesse-Cassel 20 May - 15 Sep. 1760.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 13/91; [bottom left, black pencil:] XVI/65-a.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampments of the Allied Army in Hesse Cassel from the 20.th of May to the 15.th of Sept.r 1760. [The same entry appears under the heading Hesse-Cassel.]
Subject(s)
Hesse, Germany
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