Detail View: Charting The Nation: Plans of the environs of Edinburgh & Leith [1 of 1]

Work Record ID: 
0043506
Shelfmark: 
MS.1649.Z.03/58f
Holding Institution: 
National Library of Scotland
Title: 
Plans of the environs of Edinburgh & Leith
Creator: 
Anonymous
Creator Role: 
Mapmaker
Creator: 
Skinner, Ernest (active 1872)
Creator Role: 
Associated Person
Date: 
1746-1800
Description: 
This map has the stamp of the Inspector of Government Fortifications, rather than the stamp of the Board of Ordnance, and appears at some point, to have been in the hands of the family of William Skinner, who was Chief Engineer for Scotland from 1746, and then of Great Britain, to his death in 1780.
Work Type: 
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement: 
39.3 x 28.5cm (1' 3 1/2" x 11 1/4")
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Hand coloured
Subject Place: 
Edinburgh
Subject Place: 
Leith
Subject Place: 
Scotland
Subject Category: 
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category: 
Cities and towns
Subject Category: 
Inspector General of Fortifications
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): 
49737574
Repro Title: 
Plans of the environs of Edinburgh & Leith [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels): 
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number: 
0043506c.tif
Repro Old ID Number: 
00003209
Repro Capture Date: 
07/06/2001 15:33:00