Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plan of the works proposed to be made at the castle of Edinburgh [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043502
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1649.Z.03/58b
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Plan of the works proposed to be made at the castle of Edinburgh
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Creator:
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Skinner, William (b.1700, d.1780)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Creator:
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Dury, Theodore (active 1670-1742)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Skinner, Monier (active 1872)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Creator:
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Skinner, Thomas (b.1804, d.1877)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Creator:
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O'Brien, John (active 1709)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Creator:
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Edwards, Talbot (b.1687, d.1719)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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Date:
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1709
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Description:
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There is a plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58a, which records that Major John O'Brien took exception to Theodore Dury's work as shown here, and that Talbot Edwards, the Second Engineer, was asked to improve on it. This quarrel seems to extend to works at Stirling and Dumbarton also. Talbot Edwards' design for the improvements is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c. This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications, rather than that 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. Talbot Edwards, who was responsible for the alterations to the work done by Dury, married William Skinner's older sister, and brought him up after the death of their parents, and presumably passed these plans on to him.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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25.8 x 42.8cm (10 3/16" x 1' 4 7/8")
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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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Edinburgh Castle
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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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Inspector General of Fortifications
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Subject Category:
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Maps, Military
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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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55627418
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Repro Title:
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Plan of the works proposed to be made at the castle of Edinburgh [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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0043502c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00003205
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Repro Capture Date:
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07/06/2001 14:28:00
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