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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043291
Shelfmark:
MS.1648.Z.03/30b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Plan of ye Battle of Colloden between his Majs. Forces Under the Command of his Royall Highness the Duke of Cumberland and the Sctt. Rebels April ye 16 1746
Creator:
Jones, Jasper Leigh (active 1746)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Stuart, Charles Edward, Prince (b.1720, d.1788)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (b.1721, d.1765)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1746
Description:
This map shows the array of both forces before the battle of Culloden Moor, on 16 Aril 1746, when the Duke of Cumberland defeated the retreating army of Charles Edward Stuart. It was drawn by Jasper Leigh Jones, who was a 'Lieut. Fireworker in ye Royl. Train of Artillery'. He had previously been at Perth, on the heels of the retreating Stuart army, and was responsible for the plan in image 2975 of the Cromwellian citadel which had been pressed into use by the Stuart army.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
36.6 x 23.7cm (1' 2 7/16" x 9 5/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Croy
Subject Place:
Culloden House
Subject Place:
Daviot & Dunlichty
Subject Place:
Inverness
Subject Place:
Inverness-shire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Event:
Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746
Subject Event:
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
Subject Category:
Battlefields
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Reference:
Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
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):
108136478
Repro Title:
A Plan of ye Battle of Colloden between his Majs. Forces Under the Command of his Royall Highness the Duke of Cumberland and the Sctt. Rebels April ye 16 1746 [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043291c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00003092
Repro Capture Date:
28/05/2001 14:16:00

A Plan of ye Battle of Colloden between his Majs. Forces Under the Command of his Royall H...

A Plan of ye Battle of Colloden between his Majs. Forces Under the Command of his Royall Highness the Duke of Cumberland and the Sctt. Rebels April ye 16 1746 [1 of 1]