Dublin, 1775

PLAN of MANOUVRES performed in the / Phoenix Park in June 1775 by the Garrison of / DUBLIN consisting of the 9.th, 15.th, 33.d, 34.th, 37.th, & 46.th / Regiments of Foot, and of the 1.st Regiment of / Horse. By order of THE RIGHT...

C.V. (cartographer) [top right, below title:] C: V:

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ with an upside down V suspending the letters VDL below; countermark: IV

Condition: two fold lines; brown staining; surface dirt along top edge. Verso: brown staining; water-stained patch, left; heavy surface dirt along bottom edge, consistent with the map having been rolled

Scale: 1:4,787 approx. Scale bars: Scales 3000 Feet [191 mm =]; 1000 Yards [191 mm =]; ½ Mile Irish [209 mm =]

86.3 x 72.3 cm (image and neatline)

88.0 x 73.4 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

PLAN of MANOUVRES performed in the / Phoenix Park in June 1775 by the Garrison of / DUBLIN consisting of the 9.^th, 15.^th, 33.^d, 34.^th, 37.^th, & 46.^th / Regiments of Foot, and of the 1.^st Regiment of / Horse. By order of THE RIGHT HON:^BLE / GENERAL IRWINE / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / IRELAND. [top right, cartouche framed on the left by a hussar, and at the bottom by a reclining infantryman]

Additional text:

[bottom right, in rectangular cartouche, an explanation, AAA-III, K-OOO, Q-SSS, to the manoeuvres:] Detail.

Annotations:

George III heading: [black pencil:] Dublin 1775 [bottom left, black pencil:] Military.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red felt tip pen on 1980s red-printed Royal Library label:] XIV 7 Dublin; [left, black pencil:] XVII/33; [left, black pencil, Owen Morshead's hand?]: 14/7-2.

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of Manouvres performed in the Phœnix Park, in June 1775; by the Garrison of Dublin, / consisting of the 9.^th 15.^th 33.^d 34.^th 37.^th & 46.^th Regiments of Foot, and the 1.^st Regiment of Horse: by order of / General Irwine. 2 sheets / A Roll ... [black pencil] 5 Table 2.^d / [black pencil, in a modern hand:] Oversize / [George III heading, red ink:] Dublin June 1775. 
Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the scrolled letter W below. 
Size: 47.1 x 32.8 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Dublin A drawn Plan of the Manoeuvres performed in Phoenix Park at Dublin in June 1775, by the Garrison of the 9.^th 15.^th 33.^d 34.^th 37.^th and 46.^th Regiments of Foot, and the 1.^st Regiment of Horse: by order of General Irwine. 2 sheets.