The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Sachsenhausen, 1760 (Sachsenhausen, Hesse, Germany) 51°14'36"N 09°00'35"E
c.1760Pencil and ink on paper | Scale: 1:43,500 approx. | RCIN 733016.b
Additional text: [left, down left side of map, a key, A-I, K-Z, to the batteries and troop positions, and village names:] References to the Plan.
Condition: seven fold lines; formerly folded to 13.6 x 8.3 cm; worn along fold lines. Verso: heavy surface dirt on outside panels of folds.
Frederick Blomberg (active 1760) (draughtsman) [following on from title, in title panel:] Drawn on the Spot by Fred.k Blomberg Lieu.t 61.st Reg.t
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-HesseArmy-HanoverArmy-BrunswickArmy-FranceArmy-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: IHS [with a cross on the H], IVILLEDARY below
Mark, stamped: 912
Condition: seven fold lines; formerly folded to 13.6 x 8.3 cm; worn along fold lines. Verso: heavy surface dirt on outside panels of folds
Scale: 1:43,500 approx. Scale bar: Scale of 2 English Miles [74 mm =].
29.8 x 34.5 cm (neatline)
42.0 x 37.3 cm (image)
33.7 x 48.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Position of the Allied and French Armies on July ye 20:th 1760. [in a different hand is added:] (at Sachsenhausen). [top, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[left, down left side of map, a key, A-I, K-Z, to the batteries and troop positions, and village names:] References to the Plan.
Annotations:
George III heading: Sachsenhausen, 20 July 1760.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] Sachsen[hausen]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] scribbles.
George III catalogue entry:
Sachsenhausen A drawn Plan of the position of the Allied and French Armies, on the 20.th of July 1760, at Sachsenhausen, by Lieut. Fred. Blomberg.
Subject(s)
Sachsenhausen, Hesse, Germany (51°14'36"N 09°00'35"E)
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