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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

? ANTON HEINRICH DU PLAT (1738-91)

Sketch of Hagenah, 1757 (Hagenah, Lower Saxony, Germany) 53°33'00"N 09°20'00"E

1757 or later

Pencil, pen and ink on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:26,300 approx. | RCIN 732036

A sketch of the roads at Hagenah showing the route taken by five regiments of infantry towards Stade after camping at Hagenau. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-west to top.

The attribution to A.H. du Plat is made on stylistic grounds.

Condition: two fold lines; ink smudged; bottom right corner rounded; bottom left: the shadow and ghosting of the image of from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL [V]III / 50.
  • ? Anton Heinrich du Plat (1738-91) (draughtsman)

  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys

    Mark, stamped: 825

    Condition: two fold lines; ink smudged; bottom right corner rounded; bottom left: the shadow and ghosting of the image of from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL [V]III / 50

  • Scale: not stated. 1:26,300 approx.

    11.5 x 26.8 cm (image)

    22.4 x 34.5 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    No title. [top right, an explanation of a symbol used on the map:] Der Weg welchen die 5 Regimenter Infan- / terie so nahe bey Lutgen Hagenau campiret / stunden, genommen haben.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment at Hagenau 11 Sep. 1757.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 20. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, Mason's hand:] 50; [top right, ink:] Two ways to pass the Defile of Hagen[au]; [centre, red pencil:] 50.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of five Regiments of Foot of His Majesty’s Army at Hagenau near Stade, the 11.th of Sept.r 1757. [The same entry appears under the heading Hagenau.]

  • Subject(s)

    Hagenah, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°33'00"N 09°20'00"E)

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  • 3 November 2024