Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043173
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.02/71b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [copy]
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Creator:
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Field, John (active 1812)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Date:
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1812
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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41.4 x 53.6cm (1' 4 5/16" x 1' 9 1/8")
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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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Dumbarton Castle
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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, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp. 18, 25, 30 & 31.
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Reference:
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National Library of Scotland, War Office Inventory, Maps Deposited in May 1934, p.11.
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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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60254484
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Repro Title:
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A Draught of Dumbarton Castle anno 1708 [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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0043173c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002933
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Repro Capture Date:
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11/05/2001 12:06:00
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