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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Map of encampment at Thurles, 1755 (Munster, Ireland) 52°40'55"N 07°48'08"E
1755 or laterEtching with engraving; no hand-colouring | Scale: 1:12,000. | RCIN 731058
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)
Page revisions
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