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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043217
Shelfmark:
MS.1647.Z.03/05b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [copy]
Creator:
Bastide, John Henri (active 1718-1759)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Gould, Francis (active 1760-1801)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Date:
1763
Description:
This is a copy of John Henri Bastide's 1719 plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/05a. It was copied by Francis Gould, in January 1763, in the Tower of London Drawing Room, and shows a plan of the Bernera barracks in process of being built at Glen Elg, with sections and elevations of the three storey high barracks. Notations in the 'Explanation' refer to the financial and administrative problems encountered during the original building of the barracks between 1718 and 1723.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
72.9 x 46.4cm (2' 4 11/16" x 1' 6 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Bernera Barracks
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
Tabraham, Chris, Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995, pp.60-65.
Reference:
Board of Ordnance, Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.15 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
Reference:
Porter, Whitworth, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1889, v.1, pp.156-188 passim.
Reference:
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, v. 32, 1980, p.38, no.64.
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):
100473366
Repro Title:
Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043217c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002982
Repro Capture Date:
15/05/2001 15:52:00

Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [copy] [1 of 1]

Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [copy] [1 of 1]