Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan of Fort William 1745 [copy] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043086
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1646.Z.02/29c
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Plan of Fort William 1745 [copy]
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Creator:
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Deleny, John (active 1765-1770)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Creator:
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Campbell, Dugal (active 1725-1757)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Date:
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1769
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Description:
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This is a copy of a plan by Dugal Campbell, which would probably be fifth in a set of six plans that he produced for the upgrading of Fort William between 1744 and 1746. It shows the completion of much of the work mentioned in the previous plans, with the exceptions of the main gate, which has not yet been started (although plans had been drawn up, see shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/27a and shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/27b), and the additional barracks (shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/30a, with a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/30b), which were a later proposal. The officers' barracks (shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/28b) has one storey completed. The other plans in the set are soldiers' barracks, the bakehouse and proposals for a ravelin gate and the main gate at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/28a, and the Governor's house at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/28c. Unfortunately, none of Dugal Campbell's originals of this have been located. This is a copy done by John Deleny of the Tower of London Drawing Room, on 17 February, 1769. There is another copy done by him on 16 January 1769 at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/29b, and a copy at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/29a, which may have been done by Charles Tarrant between 1750 and 1755, when he was still working in the Tower of London Drawing Room.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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69.3 x 48.2cm (2' 3 5/16" x 1' 7")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured
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Subject Place:
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Fort William
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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Board of Ordnance
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Subject Category:
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Maps, Military
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Reference:
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National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.4.
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Reference:
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'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, 32 (1980) p.38, no.78.
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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100884326
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Repro Title:
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Plan of Fort William 1745 [copy] [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0043086c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002724
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Repro Capture Date:
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18/04/2001 12:25:00
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