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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

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DANIEL PATERSON (1738-1825)

Plan of encampment at Coxheath, 1756 (Coxheath, Kent, UK) 51°14'03"N 00°29'34"E

c.1784-91

Pen, pencil and ink on paper | 33.7 x 40.1 cm (image) | RCIN 731068.d

A list of the encamped regiments at Coxheath, 1756. Accompanies the map of the encampment on the facing page (RCIN 731068.e).

The camp took place from July to 3 November. The encamped Hanoverian regiments, under the command of General Sommerfeld, Lieutenant-Generals Sporken and Oberg, Major-Generals Kilmansegge and Hardenberg are: Foot Guards 2 Bat.; Sporken; Oberg; Kilmansegge; Hardenberg; Diepenbroek; Hodenberg; Wagenheim; Hauz; Fabrice; Zastrow; Artillery.

In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.

Condition: flat, no fold lines.
  • Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)

    George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
    Great Britain
  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a ‘4’ with the letters L V G below

    Condition: flat, no fold lines

  • 33.7 x 40.1 cm (image)

    37.2 x 52.2 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    ENCAMPMENT at COXHEATH 1756

    Annotations:

    (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 7

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]

  • Subject(s)

    Coxheath, Kent, UK (51°14'03"N 00°29'34"E)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024