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Map of Uelzen, 1758 (Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°58'00"N 10°34'00"E
1763 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:39,290 approx. | RCIN 732200.au
A map of the position near Uelzen of the rendezvous for George II's German troops during January 1758. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-west to top. It is possible that this is a copy by Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-1791), a Hanoverian military engineer and cartographer, of an original drawing by Hogrewe.
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).
In: LA CAMPAGNE 1757 de L'Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique en Allemagne. See RCIN 732200 for the main entry.
Johann Ludwig Hogrewe (1737-1814) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside border:] dessiné par Hogrewe Lieutenant du Genié.
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration to the edges of the page
Scale: 1:39,290 approx.
21.0 x 33.7 cm (image and neatline)
37.8 x 24.4 cm (page dimensions)
Manuscript title:
Lit: L. Plan de Situation depuis Ültzen jusqu’a Ebstorff. / avec le Rendez vous = General, marqué pour l’Armée de Sa Majté/ Britannique pendant ses Cantonnemens du Mois de Janvier / 1758. [top left, in cartouche]
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 68.
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)
Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany (52°58'00"N 10°34'00"E)
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