Work Record ID:
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0043147
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/59b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Fort George in North Britain 1769
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Creator:
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Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
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Creator:
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Sedley, John S. (active 1799-1801)
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Date:
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1801
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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72 x 50.4cm (2' 4 3/8" x 1' 7 13/16")
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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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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.6 (Map Library, National Library of Scotland).
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Reference:
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'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v.32, 1980, p.40, no.218.
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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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102433178
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Repro Title:
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Fort George in North Britain 1769 [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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0043147c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002875
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Repro Capture Date:
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04/05/2001
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