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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments

JOHN ROCQUE (1704?-27 JANUARY 1762)

Encampment at Thurles, 1755

A PLAN of the CAMP near Thurles in the County of / Tipperary in the Kingdom of IRELAND consisting of Eight Regim.ts / of Foot & twenty Troops of Horse & Dragoons commanded by the Right / Honourable the Earl of...

1755 or later

Etching with engraving; no hand-colouring | Scale: 1:12,000. | RCIN 731058

A map of the encampment near Thurles, 1755. Oriented with south-east to top (cardinal points). A large scale detailed topographical map of the area to the south west and south east of Thurles showing the disposition of the encampment, with the positions of the camp forges and guards marked. Road directions are given and fords are marked. Additional text: [bottom left, below neatline, a key to the various headquarters, churches and Guards, and to the colours of the uniforms of the detachments or Corps de Reserve:] References to the Detachments or Corps de Reserve. [Bottom right, below neatline:] References to the first Line of the Camp [giving the colours of the uniforms of the regiments in the first line.] Condition: two crease marks; unevenly trimmed.
  • John Rocque (1704?-27 January 1762) (publisher) [top left, following from title:] by John Rocque Topographer to his R: H: the Prince of Wales. [top right, below French title:] Publiè par J: Rocque.

    I. Powel (active 1755) (draughtsman) [bottom left, left of scale bar:] I. Powel del.t.

    John James Perret (active 1755-7) (engraver) [bottom right, below references:] I. Perret Scul.t.

  • Watermark: Indistinct

    Condition: two crease marks; unevenly trimmed

  • Scale: 1:12,000. Scale bars: A scale of an Irish Mile [162 mm =]; A scale of an English Mile [131 mm =]; A scale of Yards [72 mm =] 1000.

    22.2 x 41.1 cm (neatline)

    0.0 x 41.9 cm (image)

    31.0 x 43.9 cm (platemark)

    3.9 x 46.5 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    A PLAN of the CAMP near Thurles in the County of / Tipperary in the Kingdom of IRELAND consisting of Eight Regim.ts / of Foot & twenty Troops of Horse & Dragoons commanded by the Right / Honourable the Earl of Rothes. 1755. / PLAN du Camp de Thurles situè dans la Province de Tipperary a 65 miles / de Dublin dans le Royaume D’Irlande qui consistoit de 8 Regiments d’Infanterie / & 7 Escadrons de Cavalerie commandè par le Comte de Rothes en 1755. [top, outside neatline, top left in English, top right in French]

    Additional text:

    [bottom left, below neatline, a key to the various headquarters, churches and Guards, and to the colours of the uniforms of the detachments or Corps de Reserve:] References to the Detachments or Corps de Reserve. [Bottom right, below neatline:] References to the first Line of the Camp [giving the colours of the uniforms of the regiments in the first line.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment at Thurles 1755.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, cropped and indecipherable].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment A Plan of the Camp near Thurles in the County of Tipperary, commanded by the Earl of Rothes, 1755; by J. Powel, published by Rocque. [The same entry appears under the heading Thurles.]

  • Subject(s)

    Munster, Ireland (52°40'55"N 07°48'08"E)

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  • 14 March 2024