The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampment at Byfleet, 1756
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT / of a REG.T. of ARTILLERY on / BYFLEET COMMON / under the Command of / HIS GRACE THE / DUKE of MARLBOROUGH / Master General of the / ORDNANCE / 1756
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:4,812. | RCIN 731068.f
There is no equivalent to this plan in BL Add MS 15532.
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.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Watermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:4,812. Scale bar: [57 mm =] 300 Yards.
34.3 x 22.1 cm (neatline)
34.6 x 34.8 cm (image)
37.0 x 53.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT / of a REG.T. of ARTILLERY on / BYFLEET COMMON / under the Command of / HIS GRACE THE / DUKE of MARLBOROUGH / Master General of the / ORDNANCE / 1756. [to right of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 4; [top right, black pencil:] 9. (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)
Byfleet, Surrey, UK (51°20'22"N 00°29'36"W)
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