The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Hoya, 1758 (Hoya, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°48'00"N 09°09'00"E
1765Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:88,900 approx. | RCIN 732001.j
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Erbprinz of Brunswick (1735-1806), was the father of Caroline, wife of the Prince Regent (George IV). His description of the crossing of the Weser at Hoya, for which George II presented him with a sword of honour, is given in Fitzmaurice, (1901), p.10, and is repeated in Savory, (1966), p.60.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, an account of the movements of the Allied army and a key, A-I, K-T, V:] EXPLICATION [text begins:] L'Armée arriva le 21 de Fev: 1758 …
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) [below title, in title cartouche:] F.W. de Baur.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre of map, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, MDCCLXV.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GBWatermark: The monogram PvL
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume
Scale: 1:88,900 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d’un Lieu au ½ Mil [50 mm =].
54.6 x 49.3 cm (neatline)
55.8 x 49.7 cm (image)
56.5 x 51.1 cm (platemark)
64.7 x 93.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / du Passage de l’ALLER / et de l’Affaire de HOYA / avec les MOUVEMENS / de l’Armée alliée aprés ce Passage / jusqu’à la prise / de NIENBOURG. [top right, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rococo cartouche, an account of the movements of the Allied army and a key, A-I, K-T, V:] EXPLICATION [text begins:] L'Armée arriva le 21 de Fev: 1758 …
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 10.
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)
Hoya, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°48'00"N 09°09'00"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
E. Fitzmaurice, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick: an historical study, 1735-1806, London, New York and Bombay, 1901.
R. Savory, His Britannic Majesty’s army in Germany during the Seven Years War, Oxford, 1966.
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