Detail View: Charting The Nation: Profil of the flanck proposed to be made at the west end of the new wall at the castle of Edinburgh [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043504
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1649.Z.03/58d
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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Profil of the flanck proposed to be made at the west end of the new wall 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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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 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.
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Work Type:
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Manuscript map/plan
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Measurement:
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37.2 x 24.2cm (1' 2 5/8" x 9 1/2")
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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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39313396
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Repro Title:
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Profil of the flanck proposed to be made at the west end of the new wall 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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0043504c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00003207
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Repro Capture Date:
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07/06/2001 15:05:00
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