Map of England, South East, 1755

1755 or later

Pencil, pen, black and brown ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:389,000 approx. | RCIN 731056

A map of cantonments around London in south-east England, 1755. Oriented with north to top. This map is similar in geographical extent to RCIN 731055; slight extrusions across the neatline provide a slightly wider coverage to the west and north. There is no authority on the map itself for the statement in the old catalogue entry that it was drawn by ‘order of the Board of Ordnance’ and the map lacks the stamped red broad arrow that was used to denote Board of Ordnance property. Maps were routinely drawn showing the distribution of the quarters of troops; this purports to show the cantonments on the eve of the Seven Years War (1756-63). However, there is no key to the map and therefore it is not certain that every place which is named had troops quartered there. Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, fragments and ghosting from Cumberland's cipher label.

? Board of Ordnance (draughtsman)

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Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters L V G below; countermark, cropped: I H S [with cross] above I VILLEDARY

Mark, stamped: 769

Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, fragments and ghosting from Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:389,000 approx.

50.7 x 52.3 cm (neatline)

51.2 x 52.8 cm (image)

54.9 x 56.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:

No title

Annotations:

George III heading: Cantonments round London 1755.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil in Mason’s hand]: 49. [top left, ink:] Small Map round London - Ordnance 1755. [top, left of centre, black pencil:] London Newmarket. [top, right of centre, black pencil, indistinct:] [17] [top, right of centre, ink:] a Drawn Plan of the Country Round London, for the Cantonements of the Troops / from Huntingdon (N) to New Haven (S) & from Southampton (W) to Sandwich (E) / by order of the Board of Ordnance 1755; [top, right, black pencil:] 59.

George III catalogue entry:

Cantonment A drawn Map, done by order of the Board of Ordnance, exhibiting the Cantonments of the Troops in the country round London, from Northampton and Winchester to the Seas, 1755.

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