The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Seedorf and Bremervörde, 1757 (Seedorf, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°21'00"N 09°14'00"E; (Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°29'00"N 09°08'00"E
1757 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated | RCIN 732033
Seedorf does not appear on this map which extends from Bremervörde in the top left corner to Selsingen in the bottom right corner. The regiments are named on the map.
Condition: no fold lines; creased. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
S.G. de Bonnivet (active 1741-57) (draughtsman) [below title, in title panel:] S.G. de Bonnivet.
Watermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 822
Condition: no fold lines; creased. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated
22.7 x 36.5 cm (neatline)
23.1 x 36.9 cm (image)
23.8 x 37.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / de La marche du Camp / de Seedorff a Bremerföhrde / du 3me de 7bre. / 1757 / ou la Colomne de la geauche / c’est joint a Celle du Cantre. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: March from Seedorff to Bremervorde 3 Sep. 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, cropped:] [?18]. (Verso) [top right, ink or black pencil, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] March Route.
George III catalogue entry:
March Plan dessiné de la Marche de la Colonne du Centre de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique du Camp de Seedorff a Bremerfohrde, le 3me de Sept.re 1757: par J.G. de Bonnivet. [The same entry appears under the headings Seedorff and Bremervorde.]
Subject(s)
Seedorf, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°21'00"N 09°14'00"E)
Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°29'00"N 09°08'00"E)
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