Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan and section of the pier built at Fort Augustus in 1753 [copy] [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0043171
Shelfmark: 
MS.1647.Z.02/68b
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Plan and section of the pier built at Fort Augustus in 1753 [copy]
Creator: 
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Creator: 
Read, William (active 1794-1799)
Creator Role: 
Draughtsman
Date: 
1795
Description: 
This is a copy of the sheet at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/68a, which was a plan and sections of the pier built at Fort Augustus in 1753, by William Skinner. This copy was done on 15 October, 1795, by William Read, in the Tower of London Drawing Room.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
71.5 x 49.9cm (2' 4 1/8" x 1' 7 5/8")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Fort Augustus
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.7 (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.200.
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): 
95123896
Repro Title: 
Plan and section of the pier built at Fort Augustus in 1753 [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043171c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002931
Repro Capture Date: 
11/05/2001 11:26:00