The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Plan of encampment at Coxheath, 1756 (Coxheath, Kent, UK) 51°14'03"N 00°29'34"E
c.1784-91Pen, pencil and ink on paper | 33.7 x 40.1 cm (image) | RCIN 731068.d
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-GBGreat BritainWatermark: 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)
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