The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Düsseldorf, 1758
PLAN / du Bombardement / de DUSSELDORFF. / Commencé le 28.me Juin 1758
1766Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:11,700 approx. | RCIN 732001.o
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, in title cartouche, a brief summary of the action and a key, A-B.]
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [bottom right, below text in title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1766.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume
Scale: 1:11,700 approx. Scale bar: 800 Toises [133 mm =].
45.4 x 30.6 cm (neatline)
46.8 x 31.0 cm (image)
47.2 x 32.4 cm (platemark)
64.4 x 47.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / du Bombardement / de DUSSELDORFF. / Commencé le 28.me Juin 1758. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title cartouche, a brief summary of the action and a key, A-B.]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 15. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.
Subject(s)
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°13'18"N 06°46'34"E)
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