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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043504
Shelfmark:
MS.1649.Z.03/58d
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Profil of the flanck proposed to be made at the west end of the new wall at the castle of Edinburgh
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
Description:
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 seen on the plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58b, and that Talbot Edwards, the Second Engineer, was asked to improve on it. That design is at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c, and this seems to be part of the same scheme. This quarrel seems to extend to the works at Stirling and Dumbarton. This sheet has the stamp of the Inspector General of Fortifications, 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 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.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
37.2 x 24.2cm (1' 2 5/8" x 9 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):
39313396
Repro Title:
Profil of the flanck proposed to be made at the west end of the new wall at the castle of Edinburgh [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043504c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00003207
Repro Capture Date:
07/06/2001 15:05:00

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