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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043421
Shelfmark:
MS.1645.Z.02/04b
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [copy]
Creator:
Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
Anderson, Jabez (active 1799-1810)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Creator:
Campbell, Dugal (active 1725-1757)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Date:
1799
Description:
This is a copy of Dugal Campbell's 1742 'Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo.', at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/04a, showing building works at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle, including the new walls. It was done in the Tower of London Drawing Room by Jabez Anderson, in 1799, and even includes a note from the original about a letter of Dugal Cambell's accompanying the plan. Another copy was made by John Sedley, in the Drawing Room in 1800 (at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/04c). The original plan is part of a set done by Dugal Campbell to show the progress of the improvements at the castle in the 1740's, (see shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5b, with a copy at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5c, and a 1769 copy of a 1740 set of elevations at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5a).
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
38.4 x 28cm (1' 3 1/8" x 11")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Edinburgh Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Reference:
'Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room',Imago Mundi, 32 (1980) p.40, no.217.
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):
80187340
Repro Title:
Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [copy] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043421c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002618
Repro Capture Date:
03/04/2001 16:11:00

Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [copy] [1 of 1]

Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [copy] [1 of 1]