The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
River Lahn, Germany, 1759
PLAN / shewing the POSITION of the ALLY’D ARMY / along the Lahn from Hermenstein to Odenhausen, / with the March in 12 Columns from the Camp of Crofdorff to the Heights of Kintzebach / the 24.th of Oct.br to fire a Feu..
c.1759Pencil, pen, red ink, watercolour and grey wash on three pieces of thin tracing paper, joined | Scale: 1:29,900 approx. | RCIN 732123
The attribution to William Roy, which was surmised in the old catalogue entry, is made on stylistic grounds. The area covered is a corridor of the River Lahn running for about 24 km (15 miles) from Wetzlar (50°33'00"N 08°30'00"E) in the west to Staufenberg (50°40'00"N 08°43'00"E) in the north-east, and extending to about 3 km to either side of the river. A few of the encamped regiments are named; others are numbered but there is no explanatory key.
Formerly kept in a rough buff paper folder with the old heading in red ink on the front.
Condition: eight fold lines; brown discolouration along left edge; brown staining.
? William Roy (1726-90) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 893
Condition: eight fold lines; brown discolouration along left edge; brown staining
Scale: 1:29,900 approx. Scale bar: Scale of One League, or 6000 ordinary Paces [153 mm =].
45.6 x 67.2 cm (neatline)
46.3 x 67.8 cm (image)
48.2 x 69.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / shewing the POSITION of the ALLY’D ARMY / along the Lahn from Hermenstein to Odenhausen, / with the March in 12 Columns from the Camp of Crofdorff to the Heights of Kintzebach / the 24.th of Oct.br to fire a Feu de Joie for the Taking of Quebec / Also the General Position of the French Army along the opposite side of the Lahn. [bottom right, inside border]
Annotations:
George III heading: River Lahn 24 Oct. 1759.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XVI/60.
George III catalogue entry:
Lahn A drawn Plan shewing the position of the Allied Army along the Lahn from Hermenstein to Odenhausen; with the March in 12 columns from the camp of Crofdorff [Krofdorf-Gleiberg] to the Heights of Kintzebach, the 24.th of Oct.r 1759 to fire a feu de joie for the taking of Quebec: also the general position of the French Army along the opposite side of the Lahn. (by Capt.n W. Roy?).
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