The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of the Battle of Krefeld, 1758 (Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°20'00"N 06°34'00"E
1765Etching and engraving; printed on paper; two engraved flaps printed from two separate copperplates on separate sheets of paper and pasted to the base map; hand coloured | Scale: 1:36,800 approx. | RCIN 732001.n
Two paper flaps, pasted to the base map, give details of different positions of the troops during the action.
Additional text: [top right, in rococo cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the troops during the campaign, A-I, K-T, V-W; AA-EE:] EXPLICATION DES LETTRES.
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) [bottom left, below title, in title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Grave Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1765.
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Army-FranceWatermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume
Scale: 1:36,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deaux heures de Chemin, ou d’une Lieue d’Allemagne [208 mm =].
51.0 x 41.4 cm (neatline)
51.8 x 41.9 cm (image)
53.0 x 43.1 cm (platemark)
64.3 x 47.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / de la / BATAILLE / de CREVELD / donée le 23 Juin 1758. / contenant les Mouvements de l’Armée / alliée depuis le 14 Juin jusqu’au / 2.me Juillet 1758. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[top right, in rococo cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the troops during the campaign, A-I, K-T, V-W; AA-EE:] EXPLICATION DES LETTRES.
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 14. (Verso) none.
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)
Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°20'00"N 06°34'00"E)
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