COLLECTION NAME:
              
                  Charting The Nation
                
                
              Record
                          
                      Work Record ID:
                    
                    
                        0043525
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Shelfmark:
                    
                    
                        MS.1650.Z.46/19
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Holding Institution:
                    
                    
                        National Library of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Title:
                    
                    
                        Sketch of the River Clyde shewing the proposed situation for a battery of nine 26 prs. for the defence of the harbour and anchorage at Greenock
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Smyth, Major (active 1813)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Surveyor
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Date:
                    
                    
                        1813
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Description:
                    
                    
                        This sheet is divided into three sections. The upper panel contains the sections and elevations of the storehouse, guard house and magazine. The lower part of the sheet is subdivided into two further sections, of which the left hand one contains a map of the Firth of Clyde at Greenock and Gourock, and the right hand side one contains a map of the area around White Farline Point (now Whiteforeland Point), and a plan of the battery.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Work Type:
                    
                    
                        Manuscript map/plan
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Measurement:
                    
                    
                        73 x 51.7cm (2' 4 3/4" x 1' 8 3/8")
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Material:
                    
                    
                        Paper
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Technique:
                    
                    
                        Hand coloured
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Fort Matilda
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Gourock
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Greenock
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Category:
                    
                    
                        Board of Ordnance
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      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):
                    
                    
                        96577008
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Title:
                    
                    
                        Sketch of the River Clyde shewing the proposed situation for a battery of nine 26 prs. for the defence of the harbour and anchorage at Greenock [1 of 1]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
                    
                    
                        7072 x 7072
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro ID Number:
                    
                    
                        0043525c.tif
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Old ID Number:
                    
                    
                        00003233
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Capture Date:
                    
                    
                        14/06/2001
                      
                      
                        
                      
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