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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043052
Shelfmark:
MS.1645.Z.02/13b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
General plan sections and elevations of the powder magazine and storehouses built in Edinburgh Castle Ano: 1753 & 1754
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1754-1759
Description:
This sheet shows a plan and elevations of the storehouses built in Edinburgh Castle in 1753 and 1754, and the powder magazine. It is unsigned, but it is probably related to the plan of the 1753 storehouses at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/13a, which was sent to the Board of Ordnance by William Skinner in December 1753.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
34.2 x 51cm (1' 1 7/16" x 1' 8 1/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Edinburgh
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.3 (Map Library, National Library of Scotland).
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):
81771846
Repro Title:
General plan sections and elevations of the powder magazine and storehouses built in Edinburgh Castle Ano: 1753 & 1754 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043052c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002678
Repro Capture Date:
11/04/2001 11:48:00

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General plan sections and elevations of the powder magazine and storehouses built in Edinburgh Castle Ano: 1753 & 1754 [1 of 1]