Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of Fort George North Britain [1769] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043148
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/59c
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A Plan of Fort George North Britain [1769]
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Creator:
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Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Robinson, David (active 1796-1801)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Creator:
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Bassett, C. (active 1808)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Date:
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1808
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Description:
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This sheet is one of two copies of an apparently missing original, both copies probably being done in the Tower of London Drawing Room, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This copy was probably a joint effort by David Robinson, who was on the Drawing Room register from 1796 to 1801, and 'C. Basset', who has not yet been identified. The other copy, by William Rogerson, is at shelfmark MS.16467.Z.02/59a. The plan apparently shows the completed Fort George, Ardersier, with full details of both the military defence features and the domestic buildings. It also shows details of high and low water marks. The chief engineer for the building of Fort George at Ardersier Point was William Skinner.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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72.3 x 50.3cm (2' 4 7/16" 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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Fort George
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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.
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Reference:
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'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, 32 (1980), p.40, no.210.
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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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98043770
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Repro Title:
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A Plan of Fort George 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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0043148c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002876
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Repro Capture Date:
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04/05/2001 16:28:00
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