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 Vellinghausen, 1761 (Vellinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°39'47"N 07°59'12"E
1762Etching and engraving; printed from one copperplate on one sheet of paper; flap, 3.4 x 43.8 cm, printed from separate copperplate and pasted to the base map; hand coloured | Scale: 1:45,900 approx. | RCIN 733036
An engraved paper flap, showing different troop positions during the battle, is pasted to the base map. Another example of this map is at RCIN 732001.v.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a long explanation of the actions and movements of the troops.] [Bottom centre, in a cartouche representing a carved stone tablet:] RENVOY DES NOMS DES REGIMENS DE L’ARMÉE DE SA MAJESTE BRITANNIQUE AVEC LEUR N=ro DANS LE PLAN.
Condition: three fold lines; several crease lines, consistent with the map having been rolled. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (cartographer) [top 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:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.v.Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, MDCCLXII.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GBArmy-PrussiaArmy-HanoverArmy-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: None visible
Condition: three fold lines; several crease lines, consistent with the map having been rolled. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt
Scale: 1:45,900 approx. Scale bar: 6000 Pas [106 mm =].
62.8 x 61.4 cm (neatline)
63.9 x 61.9 cm (image)
64.7 x 63.0 cm (platemark)
66.5 x 64.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / de la BATAILLE de / VELLINGHAUSEN / Gagnié le 16 Juillet 1761. par / l’Armée de Sa Majeste Brittannique, / Sous les Ordres de S.A.Ser=me Mon Seigneur / LE PRINCE FERDINAND DUC / de BRUNSWIC et de LUNEBOURG, / Sur celles de la France, Commandées par / Messieurs les MARECHAUX PRINCE / de SOUBISE et DUC de BROGLIE. [top left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a long explanation of the actions and movements of the troops.] [Bottom centre, in a cartouche representing a carved stone tablet:] RENVOY DES NOMS DES REGIMENS DE L’ARMÉE DE SA MAJESTE BRITANNIQUE AVEC LEUR N=ro DANS LE PLAN.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Wellinghausen 16 July 1761.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [along right edge, red pencil:] 13/106; [bottom, above old heading, black pencil, erased:] 16 July 1761; [bottom, underneath old heading, black pencil:] XIII/36.
George III catalogue entry:
Wellinghausen Plan de la Bataille de Vellinghausen gagnée le 16 Juillet 1761, par l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique sous les ordres du Prince Ferdinand, sur celles de la France commandées par les Marechaux Prince de Soubise et Duc de Broglie: par F.W. de Bawr, chez Gosse et Pinet, 1762.
Subject(s)
Vellinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°39'47"N 07°59'12"E)
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