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Encampment at Roeborough Down, 1782
View of the Encampment on Roeborough / Down, in. 1782. Commanded by. L.T GEN.L HAVILAND
published 1782Mezzotint with etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:5,064 approx. | RCIN 734094
A view looking east across Roborough Down. The encamped regiments were: 75th; Militia regiments: Carmarthenshire; South Devonshire; Worcestershire; Oxfordshire; East Devonshire; Derbyshire; West Middlesex.
Additional text: [bottom right, right of title, a list of the encamped regiments, the names of each written against a rectangular symbol.]
Condition: no fold lines.
Isaac Jehner (1750-1806) (artist, engraver and publisher) [bottom left, below edge of view:] I Jehner delin et fecit; [bottom centre, below title:] Drawn on the Spot & Engraved,, by I,, Jehner, / Plymouth, publish’d as the Act directs. Nov,, 6,,th 1782,, by. Isaac Jehner,, in Basket Street.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the monogram GR below
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:5,064 approx. Scale bar: [26 mm =] 144 yards.
12.5 x 26.8 cm (neatline)
15.9 x 27.1 cm (image)
17.5 x 30.0 cm (platemark)
22.8 x 35.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
View of the Encampment on Roeborough / Down, in. 1782. Commanded by. L.T GEN.L HAVILAND. [bottom, below view]
Additional text:
[bottom right, right of title, a list of the encamped regiments, the names of each written against a rectangular symbol.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment on Roeborough Down 1782.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, beneath the George III heading number, very faint:?/] 38. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment View of the Encampment on Roeborough Down under the command of Lieut. Gen.l Haviland in 1782: by I. Jehner, 1782. [The same entry appears under the heading Roeborough Down.]
Subject(s)
Roborough Down, Devon, UK (50°27'15"N 04°05'41"W)
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