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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043147
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/59b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Fort George in North Britain 1769
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator:
Sedley, John S. (active 1799-1801)
Date:
1801
Description:
This sheet shows the completed Fort George, Ardersier, with full details of the military defence features. It was copied by John Sedley, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in 1801. The original is attributed to William Skinner. It resembles two other Drawing Room copies done in 1808, which are at shelfmarks MS.1647.Z.02/59a and MS.1647.Z.02/59c, but it lacks their list of domestic buildings.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
72 x 50.4cm (2' 4 3/8" x 1' 7 13/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
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.6 (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.40, no.218.
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):
102433178
Repro Title:
Fort George in North Britain 1769 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043147c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002875
Repro Capture Date:
04/05/2001

Fort George in North Britain 1769 [1 of 1]

Fort George in North Britain 1769 [1 of 1]