The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Plan of Winchester, 1756 (Winchester, Hampshire, UK) 51°03'54"N 01°19'07"W
dated 1756Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:10,200 approx. | RCIN 731078
The Hessian regiments are named as follows: Reg. Grenadier, du Corps, Prince Charles, de Furstenburg, Corps d’Artillerie, de Canitz, Prince d’Isenburg, Prince Hereditaire, du Guardes.
A symbol commonly used by continental cartographers for vineyards can be seen to the immediate north of the city, and within the northern section of the city walls. In this instance the symbol probably represents hop vines for which Winchester was well known at that time.
Condition: one fold line; brown stains.
William Haskoll (active 1738-1773) (publisher) [bottom centre, below neatline:] Printed and Sold at Will.m Haskolls Print Shop in the Church Yard in Winchester & to be had in the Print Shops in London.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (surveyor) [bottom right, inside neatline, below title cartouche:] Fait par F. W. Baur Ing. 1756.
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Army-HesseWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Condition: one fold line; brown stains
Scale: 1:10,200 approx. Scale bar: 1000 yards; [90 mm =].
26.2 x 39.6 cm (image and neatline)
28.6 x 41.6 cm (platemark)
31.4 x 46.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A Correct Plan / of the City of WINCHESTER / the adjacent Parts with the / HESSIAN CAMP. / by Order of his Excellency / Lieutenant General / Count ISENBURG / Plan / de la Ville & des Environs / de Winchester avec le Camp / des Trouppes Hessoises aux / ordres S: Excellencie Monseigneur / Le Lieutenant General Comte / d’ISENBURG. [bottom right, in cartouche representing a stone plinth, on top of which a seated lion, facing to the left and away, holds a shield; at the foot of the plinth, left, are cannon, armour, musical instruments and standards]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Winchester July - 23 Dec.r 1756.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [centre left, red pencil:] 32; [left, above red pencil, black pencil:] July.
George III catalogue entry:
Winchester A Plan of the City of Winchester and the adjacent parts, with the Hessian Camp under the command of Lieut. Gen.l Count Isenburg in 1756: by F. W. Bawr Ing.r 1756. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampments.]
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Winchester, Hampshire, UK (51°03'54"N 01°19'07"W)
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