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Negapatam, 1781
PLAN OF NAEGAPATAM / with the ATTACK made in the month of NOVEMBER / 1781
c.1781Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:5,861 approx. | RCIN 734070.b
Additional text: [left, in the blank area inside the fortified walls of the town, a key in a trompe l'oeil scroll, A-I to the batteries, parallels and redoubts:] REFERENCE.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: heavy surface dirt, the map appears to have been lying face down with another item, perhaps with a flap or tie, on top, the shape of which is outlined by the dirt [dust from coal fires?].
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in shield, the letters G R below; countermark: JWHATMAN
Mark, stamped: 1016
Condition: one fold line. Verso: heavy surface dirt, the map appears to have been lying face down with another item, perhaps with a flap or tie, on top, the shape of which is outlined by the dirt [dust from coal fires?]
Scale: 1:5,861 approx. Scale bar: [156 mm =] 3000 feet.
44.9 x 54.5 cm (neatline)
46.2 x 55.9 cm (image)
48.5 x 57.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN OF N
AEGAPATAM / with the ATTACK made in the month of NOVEMBER / 1781. [top right, in rococo cartouche]Additional text:
[left, in the blank area inside the fortified walls of the town, a key in a trompe l'oeil scroll, A-I to the batteries, parallels and redoubts:] REFERENCE.
Annotations:
George III heading: Negapatam, Nov. 1781.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Negapatam A drawn Plan of Negapatam with the Attack made in the Month of November 1781.
Subject(s)
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nādu, India (10°46'00"N 79°50'00"E)
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