Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Designe for better securing the entrance into Edinburgh Castle 1710 [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043503
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1649.Z.03/58c
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A Designe for better securing the entrance into Edinburgh Castle 1710
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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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Edwards, Talbot (b.1687, d.1719)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Dury, Theodore (active 1670-1742)
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Creator Role:
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Associated Person
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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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Date:
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1710
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Description:
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There is an extensive note at the top of the sheet explaining the alterations which Talbot Edwards was putting forward as necessary to improve the defences of the castle. A profile accompanying this is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c, signed by Talbot Edwards and dated November 1710. The original work, designed and built by Theodore Dury (at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58b) had not been thought to be adequate by Major John O'Brien. The plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58a shows the actual alterations which were carried out in 1710. This apparent quarrel is noted on several other plans, specifically those of Stirling and Dumbarton. 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 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 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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23.6 x 31.3cm (9 5/16" x 1' 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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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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50534976
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Repro Title:
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A Designe for better securing the entrance into Edinburgh Castle 1710 [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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0043503c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00003206
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Repro Description:
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Scanned under glass.
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Repro Capture Date:
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07/06/2001 14:46:00
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