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A Correct Plan of the City of Winchester
the adjacent Parts with the Hessian Camp, by Order of his Excellency Lieutenant General Count Isenburg. Plan de la Ville & des Environs de Winchester avec le Comp des Trouppes Hessoises aux ordres S: Excellencie Monseigneur Le Lieutenant General Comte d'Isenburg.
Winchester,
Printed and Sold at Willm. Haskolls Print Shop in the Church Yard, & to be had at the Printshops in London,
1756
Broadside engraved plan, 'Price 1s' in manuscript, laid down.
300 by 420mm (11.75 by 16.5 inches).
1350
notes:
The plan depicts Winchester and its environs with the Hessian Camp shown to the north east of the city. A great deal of the Hessian army had been shipped to southern England at the beginning of 1756, in order to counter the perceived threat of a French invasion. However, as the threat of invasion subsided they were sent back to Germany in order to counter the French advance upon Hanover.
The plan was prepared by Frederich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-1783) a military ...
The plan was prepared by Frederich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-1783) a military ...
bibliography:
BLMC Maps CC.5.a.522; OCLC No. 159899966.
