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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043142
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/57a
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Plan of the point of land at Arderseer [i.e. Ardersier] : with the design'd fort as trac'd thereon [copy]
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Heath, Joseph (active 1750-1759)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1749
Description:
This and the plans at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/57b and MS.1647.Z.02/57c are all probably copies of a missing original, which appears to have been William Skinner's initial design for Fort George, Ardersier, before anything was actually built. The 'Board of Ordnance Register of Plans 1700-1800' only lists 6 copies and no original, dates them to 1749 and gives the draughtsman as 'Mr. Heath'. Joseph Heath was a draughtsman in the Tower of London Drawing Room from 1750 to 1759.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
88.2 x 43.6cm (2' 10 3/4" x 1' 5 3/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Fort George
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.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
Reference:
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, 32 (1980) p.37, no.26.
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):
122221954
Repro Title:
A Plan of the point of land at Arderseer [i.e. Ardersier] : with the design'd fort as trac'd thereon [copy] [1 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043142c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002866
Repro Capture Date:
04/05/2001 12:17:00

A Plan of the point of land at Arderseer [i.e. Ardersier] : with the design'd fort as trac...

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