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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043173
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.02/71b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy]
Creator:
Field, John (active 1812)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1812
Description:
This is a copy of the plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.02/71a, showing Dumbarton Castle, with part of the Firth of Clyde and the River Leven. The original plan is unsigned. This copy was done in 1812, by John Field, who has upgraded several of the features which were only drafted in pencil on the original, such as the compass rose in the bottom left hand part of the sheet, the scale bar in the bottom right hand corner, and the flag and flagpole on the north east hill.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
41.4 x 53.6cm (1' 4 5/16" x 1' 9 1/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Dumbarton Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp. 18, 25, 30 & 31.
Reference:
National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.11.
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):
60254484
Repro Title:
A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043173c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002933
Repro Capture Date:
11/05/2001 12:06:00

A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy] [1 of 1]

A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy] [1 of 1]