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March to Culloden, 1746
The march / of the Royal / Army from / Fochabers to / Inverness / with ane exact / Plan of the / Battle of Culloden / aprill ye 16. 1746
c.1746Black and sepia ink and grey wash on two sheets of paper, joined; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:112,900 approx. | RCIN 730022
This map shows the march of the King's army in four columns, rather than the three indicated by the groupings on the orders of battle for Culloden. The geographical coverage extends from Fochabers (57°36'49"N 03°05'44"W) in the east to Inverness (57°28'44"N 04°13'26"W) in the west, and from Findhorn (57°39'25"N 03°36'30"W) in the north to Rothes (57°31'34"N 03°12'23"W) in the south. The camp at Fochabers is marked as ‘Elgin Camp’, the march route, using the main road and three columns to south or north side are shown passing through Elgin (57°39'00"N 03°20'00"W), camping at Alves (57°38'00"N 03°27'00"W), passing through Forass (Forres 57°36'40"N 03°36'38"W) to Nairn, where the army camped the night before the battle, and the subsequent march to the battlefield with a plan of the battle.
Condition: one fold line; trimmed; the backing linen is discoloured and is now dark brown. Verso: top, right of centre, water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Daniel Paterson (d. 1749) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside neatline:] Daniel Paterson
Watermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 504
Condition: one fold line; trimmed; the backing linen is discoloured and is now dark brown. Verso: top, right of centre, water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:112,900 approx. Scale bar: Scale of English miles [57 mm =] 4 miles; 1:112,640 approx.
18.7 x 67.8 cm (neatline)
19.1 x 68.1 cm (image)
24.1 x 74.0 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
The march / of the Royal / Army from / Fochabers to / Inverness / with ane exact / Plan of the / Battle of Culloden / aprill ye 16. 1746. [top right, in a scroll]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Culloden 16 April 1746 [verso, on white paper strip].
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, left of centre, black pencil:] 20; [top right, possibly an inscription now obscured by white paper strip; bottom right, black pencil:] 16 April 1746; [right centre, red pencil:] two separate figures, one of which is an 8.
George III catalogue entry:
Culloden A drawn Plan of the March of the Royal Army from Fochabers to Inverness; with an exact Plan of the Battle of Culloden, 16.th April 1746: by Lieut. Daniel Paterson Eng.r [There is no entry under the heading March.]
Subject(s)
Culloden Moor (Highland Region, Scotland, UK) 57°28'00"N 04°05'00"W
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