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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043948
Shelfmark:
MS.1645.Z.02/04a
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo.
Creator:
Campbell, Dugal (active 1725-1757)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Romer, John Lambertus (b.1680, d.1754)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Date:
1742
Description:
This plan shows building works at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle, including the new walls. It is part of a set done by Dugal Campbell in 1742, to show the progress of the improvements at the castle in the 1740's. It appears to have been copied in the Tower of London Drawing Room, first by Jabez Anderson, in 1799, (at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/04b), and secondly by John Sedley in 1800, (at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/04c). Another plan from this set is at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5b (with a copy at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5c), and a 1769 copy of a 1740 set of elevations at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/5a.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
38.4 x 27.7cm (1' 3 1/8" x 10 7/8")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Edinburgh Castle
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Board of Ordnance
Subject Category:
Maps, Military
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
77185076
Repro Title:
Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043948c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002617
Repro Capture Date:
03/04/2001 15:55:00

Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [1 of 1]

Plan of the works on the entrance of the castle of Edinbo. [1 of 1]