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Map of cantonment at Wallajabad, 1782 (Wallajahbad, Tamil Nādu, India) 12°46'00"N 79°47'00"E
c.1782Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:9,600. | RCIN 734074
Additional text: [bottom right, below title, a key, A-I, K-L, to the barracks and geographical features of the area.]
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; ink smudges.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the scrolled letter W below
Mark, stamped: 1017
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; ink smudges
Scale: 1:9,600. Scale bar: Scale of 800 Feet to an Inch [125 mm =] 4000 [Feet].
31.6 x 47.7 cm (neatline)
32.3 x 48.4 cm (image)
36.0 x 52.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the GROUND of the NEW CAN = / = TONMENT near CONJUVERAM situated on the Banks of the Palliar River called WALLAJABAD. [bottom right]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, a key, A-I, K-L, to the barracks and geographical features of the area.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Cantonment at Wallajabad 1782.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil:] XVIII/6; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1782. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XVIII/6.
George III catalogue entry:
Wallajabad A drawn Plan of the Ground of the new Cantonment near Conjuveram situated on the banks of the Palliar River called Wallajabad, 1782. [The same entry appears under the heading Cantonment.]
Subject(s)
Wallajahbad, Tamil Nādu, India (12°46'00"N 79°47'00"E)
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