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 Minden, 1759 (Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E
1759 or laterEngraving and etching; printed on paper; reverse window mounted on paper | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 732116
A very crudely executed little plan of the battle, perhaps removed from a magazine, journal, or history.
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge of map.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: Map: none visible. Mount: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield - the bottom half cropped.
Condition: no fold lines; small piece missing from bottom edge of map
Scale: not stated. Not to scale.
6.1 x 9.6 cm (image, neatline and sheet)
32.8 x 22.9 cm (mount)
Manuscript title:
Battle of / Tondenhausen / fought Augt, 1 / 1759. [bottom right, in rectangular panel with ornamental border]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Minden 1 Aug. 1759.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Minden A small Plan of the Battle of Tondenhausen or Minden fought on the 1.st of Aug.t 1759.
Subject(s)
Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E)
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