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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

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? ANTON HEINRICH DU PLAT (1738-91)

Sketch of encampment at Stade, 1757 (Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°36'00"N 09°29'00"E

1757 or later

Pencil, pen and ink on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:55,300 approx. | RCIN 732037

A sketch of two encampments of George II's German troops at Stade, 12 September 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top.

The tentative attribution to A.H. du Plat is made on stylistic grounds. The regiments are named on the map.

Condition: two fold lines. Verso: red ink stains; remnants of paper removed from top right and bottom right corners still adhering to verso.
  • ? Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Hanover
    Army-Hesse
  • Watermark: Pro Patria

    Mark, stamped: 827

    Condition: two fold lines. Verso: red ink stains; remnants of paper removed from top right and bottom right corners still adhering to verso

  • Scale: not stated. 1:55,300 approx.

    19.8 x 24.5 cm (image)

    20.7 x 27.4 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    No title

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampments at Stade 12 Sep. 1757.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, ink:] Two Camps near Stade Sept - 10th [rest cropped]; [centre, red pencil:] 51.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment A drawn Plan of the two Encampments of His Majesty’s Army at Stade, the 12.th of Sept.r 1757. [The same entry appears under the heading Stade.]

  • Subject(s)

    Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°36'00"N 09°29'00"E)

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  • 3 November 2024