Dublin, 1774

SKETCH / OF THE BANKS OF THE LIFFY / FROM DUBLIN TO LUCAN

John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman) [top left, below title:] Drawn by I.C. Pleydell Lieut: 12.^th Reg:^t Foot. July 1774.

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters L V G below; countermark: [IV]

Condition: two fold lines; surface dirt along right edge; tear to right edge repaired before being laid down on canvas. Verso: brown discolouration; induced discolouration; heavy surface dirt along right edge consistent with having been rolled

Scale: 1:7,000 approx. Scale bar: Scale of one Irish Mile [293 mm =].

71.4 x 141.3 cm (image and neatline)

72.6 x 142.6 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

SKETCH / OF THE BANKS OF THE LIFFY / FROM DUBLIN TO LUCAN. [top left]

Annotations:

George III heading: [black pencil:] Dublin 1774 Military.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, red felt tip pen on 1980s red-printed Royal Library label:] XIV 6 Dublin.

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] A drawn sketch of the Banks of the Liffy from Dublin to Lucan by J.C. Pleydell 1774. 4 sheets / with an account of the movements of the two Corps on the Banks of the Liffy July 16.^th 1774. 4.+ MS. / A Roll ... [black pencil:] 5 Table 2.^d / [black pencil, in a modern hand:] Oversize / [George III heading, red ink:] Dublin July 1774. 
Watermark: JWHATMAN 1811. 
Size: 47.1 x 32.9 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Dublin A drawn Plan of the Banks of the Liffy from Dublin to Lucan, with the movements of the two corps in July 1774: by Lieut. J.C. Pleydell, 1774. 4 sheets; with a M.S. Description. [description not found: 2014]