Detail View: Charting The Nation: Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [copy] [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043217
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1647.Z.03/05b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [copy]
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Creator:
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Bastide, John Henri (active 1718-1759)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Gould, Francis (active 1760-1801)
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Creator Role:
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Draughtsman
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Date:
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1763
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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72.9 x 46.4cm (2' 4 11/16" x 1' 6 1/4")
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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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Bernera Barracks
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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.60-65.
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Reference:
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Board of Ordnance, Register of Plans 1700-1800, 3rd. Division, North Britain, [1800], f.15 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281).
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Reference:
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Porter, Whitworth, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1889, v.1, pp.156-188 passim.
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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.64.
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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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100473366
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Repro Title:
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Barnera [i.e. Bernera] [1719] [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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0043217c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00002982
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Repro Capture Date:
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15/05/2001 15:52:00
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