MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043501
Shelfmark:
MS.1649.Z.03/58a
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
A Plan of Edinburgh Castle
Creator:
Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
Edwards, Talbot (b.1687, d.1719)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Dury, Theodore (active 1670-1742)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
Skinner, Monier (active 1872)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
Skinner, Thomas (b.1804, d.1877)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
O'Brien, John (active 1709)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1710-1714
Description:
This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications (I.G.F.), rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance. It was handed down through the family of William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780, and who was the architect of Fort George, Ardersier. It eventually came into the hands of his great-great-grandson Major Thomas Skinner (1804-1877), who wrote a provenance note on it when he passed it on to his own son, Lieutenant Monier Skinner, in 1872. One of the major designers involved in this plan originally was Talbot Edwards, who had married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him. There is an extensive note in the panel at the bottom of the sheet, explaining the alterations which Talbot Edwards had carried out on work originally designed and built by Theodore Dury, and which had not been thought to be adequate by Major John O'Brien. This apparent quarrel is noted on several other plans, specifically from Stirling and Dumbarton. Dury's original design is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58b and Edwards' designs for the alterations is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
25.9 x 57.2cm (10 3/16" x 1' 10 1/2")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Edinburgh Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Inspector General of Fortifications
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
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):
67228810
Repro Title:
A Plan of Edinburgh Castle [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043501c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00003204
Repro Capture Date:
07/06/2001 14:14:00

A Plan of Edinburgh Castle [1 of 1]

     
EXPORT
A Plan of Edinburgh Castle [1 of 1]