The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Barham, 1757 and 1760
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on BARHAM DOWNS 1757
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:7,230. | RCIN 731068.h
The facing page (RCIN 731068.g) lists the encamped regiments. The 1757 camp took place from 27 June to 25 September. The encamped regiments in 1757, under the command of the Duke of Marlborough and Major-General Waldegrave are: 5th Bentinck's; 15th Amherst's; 30th Loudon's; 34th Effingham's; 36th Ld Robt Manners's. The 1760 encamped regiments, under the command of Lieutenant-Generals Campbell, Conway and Kingsley are: 14th Jefferey's; 21st Panmure's; 19th Beauclerk's.
Additional text: [across bottom of map, between bottom neatline and scale bar, an account of the movements of the various regiments which camped on the Downs; begin:] One Company of Artillery, the 5th, 15th, 30th, 34th, & 36th Regiments of Foot encamp'd on the 17th of Iune …
BL Add MS 15532: [f.19, numbered top right, black pencil]: 19. 'PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on BARHAM DOWNS 1757'. Scale: 1:7,230. Scale bar: [215 mm =] 1700 yards. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 32.9 x 36.0 cm (image). Text on facing page [f.18, numbered, top right of verso, black pencil:] 18. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 32.6 x 34.5 cm (image). There is very little difference between the two plans; just in the delineation of the woods top right.
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Condition: flat, no fold lines, guarded into the volume.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Watermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat, no fold lines, guarded into the volume
Scale: 1:7,230. Scale bar: [215 mm =] 1700 Yards.
28.6 x 35.7 cm (neatline)
33.5 x 36.1 cm (image)
36.7 x 52.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT on BARHAM DOWNS 1757. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, between bottom neatline and scale bar, an account of the movements of the various regiments which camped on the Downs; begin:] One Company of Artillery, the 5th, 15th, 30th, 34th, & 36th Regiments of Foot encamp'd on the 17th of Iune …
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 5. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]
Subject(s)
Barham, Kent, UK (51°12'20"N 01°09'26"E)
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14 March 2024
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