The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Wehldorf and Seedorf, 1757
PLAN / de la marche du Camp / de Welstorff à Seedorff / de la Colonne du Centre / faite le 2me de Sebtemb: / 1757
1757 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: not stated | RCIN 732032
The map extends from Seedorf in the top left corner to Bruttendorff (Brüttendorf) in the bottom right corner. Wehldorf is just south of Bruttendorf and does not appear on this map.
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
S.G. de Bonnivet (active 1741-57) (draughtsman) [bottom of title panel:] S.G de Bonnivet.
Watermark: Pro Patria; countermark: C & I HONIG
Mark, stamped: 821
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: foxing; top left, water-stained patch, fragments and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated
23.0 x 40.5 cm (neatline)
23.3 x 40.8 cm (image)
24.8 x 40.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / de la marche du Camp / de Welstorff à Seedorff / de la Colonne du Centre / faite le 2me de Sebtemb: / 1757. [bottom left in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: March from Welstorf to Seedorff 2 Sep. 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 17. (Verso) [bottom left, ink or black pencil, obscured by linen:] 47; [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] March Route; [centre, red pencil, obscured by linen:] 47.
George III catalogue entry:
March Plan dessiné de la Marche de la Colonne du centre de l’Armée de Sa Majesté Britannique de Camp de Westorff a Seedorff faite le 2.me de Sept.re 1757: par S.G. de Bonnivet. [The same entry appears under the headings Welstorf and Seedorff.]
Subject(s)
Wehldorf, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°14'00"N 09°17'00"E)
Seedorf, Lower Saxony, Germany (53°21'00"N 09°14'00"E)
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