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Map of the siege of Harburg, 1757 (Harburg, Hamburg, Germany) 53°28'00"N 09°59'00"E
1763 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:13,203 approx. | RCIN 732200.at
The scale to the map, and the key to the conventional signs used to represent the troops is given on N.o XXXII, headed 'Remarques' (RCIN 732200.ag). The troop rectangles are coloured according to nationality: Hanoverian (red), Prussian (green), Brunswickian (yellow), Hessian (blue), French (lilac).
Additional text: [below map, in a rectangular panel, a key, a-h, to the map:] Renvoi.
In: LA CAMPAGNE 1757 de L'Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne. See RCIN 732200 for the main entry.
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to the edges of the page. Verso: slight induced discolouration.
Johann Ludwig Hogrewe (1737-1814) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside border:] dessiné par Hogrewe, Lieut: du Genié.
Subject(s)
Army-HanoverArmy-FranceWatermark: IV
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to the edges of the page. Verso: slight induced discolouration
Scale: 1:13,203 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2000 Pas communs [123 mm =].
28.8 x 21.1 cm (neatline)
33.7 x 21.1 cm (image)
37.8 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Manuscript title:
Lit: K. Plan, / du Bombardement du / Chateau d’Haarbourg. / investi depuis le 29 Nov: / et rendu le 30 Dec: 1757, / par le Commandant francois / Marquis de Pereuse à Mr le Major-General / Baron de Hardenberg qui commandoit / le Siege. [bottom left, in cartouche]
Additional text:
[below map, in a rectangular panel, a key, a-h, to the map:] Renvoi.
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment La Campagne 1757 de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne: par le Lieut. Col. G.J. du Plat. MS. Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading Germany.]
Subject(s)
Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (53°28'00"N 09°59'00"E)
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