Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Plan of Fort Augustus with the old barracks and situation 1734 [copy] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043153
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/61b
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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 Augustus with the old barracks and situation 1734 [copy]
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Creator:
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Hewitt, John (active 1796-1799)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Date:
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1797
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Description:
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This sheet is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.16467.Z.02/61a, which shows the work being done at Fort Augustus in 1734. It also shows Kiliwhimen Barracks, and some of the country around the fort, including Loch Ness and the River Tarff, and names a harbour as one of the fort's features.This copy was done by John Hewitt, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, in May 1797. The original has not been attributed to anyone.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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72.7 x 50.9cm (2' 4 5/8" x 1' 8 1/16")
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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 Augustus
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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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Tabraham, Chris, Fortess Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, plate No. 8, between pp.64-65.
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Reference:
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National Library of Scotland, War Office, London. Board of Ordnance Drawings, Schedule A, [1934], [p.7], no.A29.
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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.208.
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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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95082102
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Repro Title:
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A Plan of Fort Augustus with the old barracks and situation 1734 [copy] [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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0043153c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002882
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Repro Capture Date:
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08/05/2001 11:18:00
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