American War of Independence (1775-83)
George III’s maps and views showing the development of the war at home and abroad, from North America to India
Map of encampment at Portsmouth 1778 (Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK) 50°47'27"N 01°06'07"W
c.1778Pencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:16,000 approx. | RCIN 734039
This appears to be a rough sketch for RCIN 712566. The encamped militia regiments, with the colours of their facings in parentheses, were: Westminster (blue; camped behind the lines at Gosport); Huntingdonshire (black); Buckinghamshire (black; both camped on Southsea Common).
Condition: one fold line.
Robert Johnstone (active 1778-9) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] R. Johnstone.
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters G R below; countermark: JWhatman
Mark, stamped: 982
Condition: one fold line
Scale: not stated. 1:16,000 approx.
34.0 x 38.1 cm (image and neatline)
44.2 x 53.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the ENCAMPMENTS at PORT.SMOUTH [top right]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments at Portsmouth under the command of the Hon.ble L.t G.l Monckton from June to 20th Oct. 1778.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, below title, black pencil in late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century hand:] under the command of the Hon.ble L.t G.l Monckton from June to 20.th Oct.r 1778. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampments at Portsmouth under the command of General Monckton from June to the 20.th Oct.r 1778: by R. Johnstone. [The same entry appears under the heading Portsmouth.]
Subject(s)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK (50°47'27"N 01°06'07"W)
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