The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Penn, 1757
PLAN of the CAMP of PENN near AMERSHAM 1757
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:7,200. | RCIN 731068.n
The facing page (RCIN 731068.m) lists the encamped regiments. 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.
BL Add MS 15532: [f.14, numbered, top right, black pencil:] 14. 'PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT near AMERSHAM BUCKS. 1757'. Scale: 1:6,000. Scale 6 inches = 1000 yards. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 29.2 x 33.6 cm (image). Oriented with east to top (cardinal points). [Text on facing page:] Encampment at Amersham / 1757. Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield the letters G R below. Size: 32.7 x 34.5 cm (image). The title is different to K.Mil; some of the field patterns are different, and a few of the configurations of the buildings are also different; the K.Mil copy has more names.
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: 1:7,200. Scale bars: Scale of 200 yards to an inch [205 mm =]; Scale of Half a Mile [111 mm =].
32.4 x 33.6 cm (image)
37.3 x 53.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the CAMP of PENN near AMERSHAM 1757. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 8; [top right, black pencil:] 17. (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)
Penn, Buckinghamshire, UK (51°37'52"N 00°40'36"W)
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