Detail View: Charting The Nation: 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]
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Work Record ID:
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0043291
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1648.Z.03/30b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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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
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Creator:
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Jones, Jasper Leigh (active 1746)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Stuart, Charles Edward, Prince (b.1720, d.1788)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Creator:
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William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (b.1721, d.1765)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Date:
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1746
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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36.6 x 23.7cm (1' 2 7/16" x 9 5/16")
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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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Croy
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Subject Place:
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Culloden House
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Subject Place:
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Daviot & Dunlichty
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Subject Place:
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Inverness
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Subject Place:
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Inverness-shire
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Event:
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Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746
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Subject Event:
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Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
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Subject Category:
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Battlefields
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Subject Category:
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Board of Ordnance
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Reference:
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Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
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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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108136478
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Repro Title:
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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]
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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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0043291c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00003092
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Repro Capture Date:
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28/05/2001 14:16:00
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