Watermark: Indistinct, fleur-de-lys

Mark, stamped: 165

Condition: one fold line; surface dirt, especially along right edge; a long tear, left, was repaired by laying the map down on linen. Verso: foxing

Scale: 1:2,600 approx.

49.5 x 56.4 cm (neatline)

49.5 x 65.9 cm (image)

51.5 x 67.8 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

PLAN du CHAMP de la BATAILLE / qui se donna Le 10.me Iuin 1719, au PASSAGE / de GLENSHIELLS en ECOSSÉ, avec la / Disposition des TROUPES, (de sa MAJ:TE / Commandées par Le Maj.r Gen:ll Wightman) // et de celles des REBELLES. [top centre, in cartouche representing draped, swagged and fringed cloth]

Additional text:

[right, down right side of map in rectangular panel, a key, 1-29, to the positions of named regiments, the first British attack with grenade mortars, further troop emplacements, the location of General Wightman when giving orders during the action:] RENVOY aux TROUPES de sa MAJESTÉ [another key, below the first, A-I, M, to the positions of the Spanish and Highland troops:] RENVOY a l’ENNEMY.

Annotations:

George III heading [on a white paper strip pasted to the verso:] Battle of Glenshiells 10 June 1719.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, red pencil, indistinct:] 6/22; [bottom centre, black pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] [?VII]/22.

George III catalogue entry:

Glenshiells. Plan dessiné du Champ de la Bataille qui se donna le 10 Juin 1719, au Passage de Glenshiells en Ecosse, avec la Disposition des Troupes de Sa Majesté commandées par le Maj.^r Gen.^l Wightman et des celles des Rebelles: par le Lieut. I.H. Bastide.

Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)