Detail View: Charting The Nation: A Profile to my design for the better fortifying Edinburgh Castle, with a hornwork, and retrenchments within the same, November 1710 [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0043505
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Shelfmark:
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MS.1649.Z.03/58e
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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A Profile to my design for the better fortifying Edinburgh Castle, with a hornwork, and retrenchments within the same, November 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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This profile accompanies the plan at shelfmark MS.1649.Z.03/58c. The original work on the castle, 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, and Talbot Edwards was given the job of improving matters. 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 from 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 his family from 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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46.6 x 29.7cm (1' 6 3/8" x 11 11/16")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Uncoloured
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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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63007838
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Repro Title:
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A Profile to my design for the better fortifying Edinburgh Castle, with a hornwork, and retrenchments within the same, November 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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0043505c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00003208
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Repro Capture Date:
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07/06/2001 15:19:00
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