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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
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Work Record ID:
0043035
Shelfmark:
MS.1645.Z.02/08b8b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan of Edinburgh Castle 1750
Creator:
Day, Thomas (active 1750-1752)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Creator:
Fane, S. (active 1750)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1752
Description:
Plan of the whole of Edinburgh Castle, with sections coloured red and yellow, and cliffs shown with some realism in black and grey. This plan was apparently copied by Thomas Day in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1752. Another unsigned copy at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/08a is attributed to Stephen Fane by the original National Library of Scotland accession records. Fane also worked in the Drawing Room at the same time.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
71.4 x 50.3cm (2' 4 1/8" x 1' 7 13/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Edinburgh Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.2 (Map Library, National Library of Scotland)
Reference:
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v.32, 1980, p.37, nos. 27 & 33.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
96381222
Repro Title:
Plan of Edinburgh Castle 1750 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043035c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002660
Repro Capture Date:
10/04/2001 11:47:00

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