The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Coxheath, 1756
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on COX-HEATH 1756
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:7,315. | RCIN 731068.e
The facing page (RCIN 731068.d) lists the encamped regiments. The camp took place from July to 3 November. The encamped Hanoverian regiments, under the command of General Sommerfeld, Lieutenant-Generals Sporken and Oberg, Major-Generals Kilmansegge and Hardenberg are: Foot Guards 2 Bat.; Sporken; Oberg; Kilmansegge; Hardenberg; Diepenbroek; Hodenberg; Wagenheim; Hauz; Fabrice; Zastrow; Artillery.
BL Add MS 15532: [9th f. numbered top right, black pencil:] 7 'Plan of the Encampment on Cox Heath 1756.' Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters G R below. Size: 34.3 x 48.6 cm (image). [The lettering of the list of camps is all sloping copperplate; there are minor differences in lettering on the plan; the K.Mil. version has a more carefully drawn compass indicator: in a double circle, small circle in centre, and fleur-de-lys north point.] Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield the letters G R below. Size: 32.6 x 34.5 cm (image).
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Condition: flat; guarded into the volume.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Watermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat; guarded into the volume
Scale: 1:7,315. Scale bar: [125 mm =] 1000 Yards.
32.0 x 48.1 cm (neatline)
34.4 x 48.5 cm (image)
36.4 x 51.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on COX-HEATH 1756. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 3. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]
Subject(s)
Coxheath, Kent, UK (51°14'03"N 00°29'34"E)
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