Work Record ID:
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0043212
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.03/3b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Plan and Section of the Kings House and Garden at Perth [1723] [copy]
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Creator:
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Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Cooper, John (active 1770-1776)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Date:
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1773
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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26.8 x 50.8cm (10 9/16" x 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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King's House
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Subject Place:
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Perth
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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.17, 21, 54-55, 119.
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Reference:
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Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
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Reference:
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'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v. 32, 1980, p.38, no.87.
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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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52257270
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Repro Title:
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Plan and Section of the Kings House and Garden at Perth [1723] [copy] [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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4869 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0043212c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002978
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Repro Capture Date:
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15/05/2001 14:45:00
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