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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043089
Shelfmark:
MS.1646.Z.02/27c
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Profiles and elevations relating to the plan of Fort William 1733 [copy]
Creator:
Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Massey, George (active 1746-1768)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Creator:
Coombs, Richard (active 1755-1777)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1755-1756
Description:
This copy of a missing 1733 plan of the fort at Fort William, by John Romer, was done by George Massey and Richard Coombs. Massey worked in the Tower of London Drawing Room between 1752 and 1756, and Coombs between 1755 and 1760, so this copy must have been done between 1755 and 1756. It shows those parts of the fort associated with the riverside, and has a sailing ship and two manned wherries depicted on the river.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
120.2 x 50.3cm (3' 11 5/16" x 1' 7 13/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Fort William
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
Reference:
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp.51.
Reference:
Porter, Whitworth, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1889, v.1, p.163.
Reference:
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, 32 (1980) p.37, nos.31, 43.
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):
107980158
Repro Notes:
left half
Repro Title:
Profiles and elevations relating to the plan of Fort William 1733 [copy] [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043089c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002727
Repro Capture Date:
18/04/2001 14:24:00

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