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
Sketch of Warley Common, 1778 (Great Warley Street, Essex, UK) 51°35'34"N 00°17'03"E
1778 or laterPencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:5,496 approx. | RCIN 734045.b
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: surface dirt, green paint splashes.
Robert Johnstone (active 1778-9) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] Rob.t Johnstone.
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters GR below; countermark: J Whatman
Mark, stamped: 992
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: surface dirt, green paint splashes
Scale: 1:5,496 approx. Scale bar: [182 mm =] 1100 Yards.
43.6 x 56.1 cm (image)
43.9 x 57.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the ENCAMPMENT / on / WARLEY COMMON. [bottom left]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment on Warley Common, under the command of Lieut. Gen. Pierson, Oct. 1778.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, below title, black pencil: the old heading]. (Verso) [top right, black pencil: a ‘T’?].
George III catalogue entry:
Warley. A drawn Plan of the Encampment on Warley Common under the command of General Pierson in Oct.r 1778: by Rob.t Johnstone. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Great Warley Street, Essex, UK (51°35'34"N 00°17'03"E)
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