Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan and Section of the Kings House and Garden at Perth [1723] [copy] [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0043212
Shelfmark: 
MS.1647.Z.03/3b
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Plan and Section of the Kings House and Garden at Perth [1723] [copy]
Creator: 
Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
Creator Role: 
Surveyor
Creator: 
Cooper, John (active 1770-1776)
Creator Role: 
Draughtsman
Date: 
1773
Description: 
This a copy of John Romer's plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/3ba. It was done in 1773 by John Cooper, who worked in the Tower of London Drawing Room. The sheet has two panels. The upper panel contains an extensive handwritten report from John Romer concerning the unsuitability of renovating and refurbishing the King's House and garden in Perth, for use as a barracks, and alternative suggestions. The lower panel contains a plan of the King's House and garden to illustrate his point.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
26.8 x 50.8cm (10 9/16" x 1' 8")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
King's House
Subject Place: 
Perth
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Maps, Military
Reference: 
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp.17, 21, 54-55, 119.
Reference: 
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
Reference: 
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v. 32, 1980, p.38, no.87.
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): 
52257270
Repro Title: 
Plan and Section of the Kings House and Garden at Perth [1723] [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
4869 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043212c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00002978
Repro Capture Date: 
15/05/2001 14:45:00