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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043095
Shelfmark:
MS.1646.Z.02/31b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan, elevation and section of the South Bastion of Fort William : shewing the breach occasion'd by the shooting of part of the scarp wall [copy]
Creator:
Walker, Thomas (active 1751)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Gould, Francis (active 1760-1801)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1781
Description:
The sheet shows part of the wall at Fort William which has been breached. It was copied in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1781, by Francis Gould. The original plan, by Thomas Walker, dated 1751, is at shelfmark MS.1646.Z.02/31a.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
30.3 x 26.7cm (11 15/16 x 10 1/2")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Fort William
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.4 (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.38, no.64.
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):
55477222
Repro Title:
Plan, elevation and section of the South Bastion of Fort William : shewing the breach occasion'd by the shooting of part of the scarp wall [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043095c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002734
Repro Capture Date:
18/04/2001 16:39:00

Plan, elevation and section of the South Bastion of Fort William : shewing the breach occa...

Plan, elevation and section of the South Bastion of Fort William : shewing the breach occasion'd by the shooting of part of the scarp wall [copy] [1 of 1]