Trichinopoly, 1753-4

A PLAN of the CITY / and the Country about / TRICHINAPOLY. / with the Encampments of the / English & French Army; / that of the English Commanded by / Colonel Stringer Lawrence, / in the Years 1753. &. 1754

John Rocque (1704?-1762) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside neatline:] Published according to Act of Parliament Aug.^st 12.^th 1757. & Sold by John Rocque near Round Court in the Strand.

Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 3rd son of George II, King of Great Britain (1721-65) (dedicatee)

Watermark: None visible

Condition: three fold lines; brown discolouration and offsetting; brittle paper; a piece missing from the bottom centre margin

Scale: 1:17,500 approx. Scale bar: Scale of One Mile [92 mm =].

58.3 x 72.7 cm (neatline)

59.0 x 73.3 cm (image)

cropped (platemark)

60.0 x 74.5 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

A PLAN of the CITY / and the Country about / TRICHINAPOLY. / with the Encampments of the / English & French Army; / that of the English Commanded by / Colonel Stringer Lawrence, / in the Years 1753. &. 1754. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]

Dedication:

[bottom right, in rococo cartouche, embellished with the artefacts of war and surmounted by the arms of William Augustus Duke of Cumberland:] To his Royal Highness / WILLIAM Duke of CUMBERLAND. / Captain General of his Majesty's Forces &c. &c. / This PLAN is most humbly inscrib'd, / by his most Obedient Servant / John Rocque. / Chorographer to his Royal Highness / the Prince of Wales.

Additional text:

[bottom left, below title, a key, 1-5, to the camps.] 

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampments near Tritchinopoly 1753-1754.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Encampment A Plan of the City and the Country about Trichinapoly, with the Encampments of the English and French Armies in the years 1753 and 1754 by John Rocque, 1757. [The same entry appears under the heading Trichinopoly.]