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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043043
Shelfmark:
MS.1645.Z.02/06b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan elevation and sections of a shed : ordered to be built at Edinbo. Castle for the reception of 50 bread carts [copy]
Creator:
Campbell, Dugal (active 1725-1757)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Spencer, John (active 1794-1804)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1746-1795
Description:
This is a 1795 copy of a 1746 plan and elevations, by Dugal Campbell, of a shed built at Edinburgh Castle to receive 50 bread carts. It was done in the Tower of London Drawing Room by John Spencer. Dugal Campbell's original is at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/06a. This shed was an addition to his work on the castle in the 1740's, made necessary by the increased garrison.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
30.6 x 46.7cm (1' 1/16" x 1' 6 3/8")
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.40, no.202.
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):
94811642
Repro Title:
Plan elevation and sections of a shed : ordered to be built at Edinbo. Castle for the reception of 50 bread carts [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043043c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002668
Repro Capture Date:
10/04/2001 14:38:00

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