The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Penn, 1757
ENCAMPMENT at AMERSHAM 1757
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink on paper | 33.6 x 40.1 cm (image) | RCIN 731068.m
The camp took place from 4 July to 26 July. The encamped regiments, under the command of Major-Generals Campbell and Cornwallis were: 37th Stewart's, 2 Bat.; 33rd Lord Charles Hay's, 2 Bat.; 24th Cornwallis's, 2 Bat.
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: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a ‘4’ with the letters L V G below
Condition: flat, no fold lines
33.6 x 40.1 cm (image)
37.1 x 53.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ENCAMPMENT at AMERSHAM 1757
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 16.
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)
Penn, Buckinghamshire, UK (51°37'52"N 00°40'36"W)
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