Other 18th-/19th-century conflicts
Maps, views and documents from 19 wars
Plan of artillery park at George Stadt, 1741 (Guantánamo River, near Guantánamo?, Cuba) 20°08'40"N 75°12'33"W
c.1741Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:483 approx. | RCIN 728044
The grounds for the attribution, in the old catalogue, to ‘Captain Thomas Eng.r’ are not known. According to Conolly (List 2, no.75, p.4), a Practitioner Engineer by the name of John Thomas saw service in Cartagena and died in Flanders in 1747. No other rank is given for him, although he may have held a captain's rank in the army. If this John Thomas is not the author of this map, then it is possible that the Captain referred to in the old catalogue was a Captain of a Regiment of Foot who was temporarily appointed as an engineer.
According to RCIN 728042, the encamped regiments, under the command of General Wentworth and Brigadiers Blakeney and Lowther, were: Harrison's Wentworth's. Wolfes, Frazier's, Lowther's, Wyniards' Cockran's and Cotterel's. These regiments (or battalions from these regiments) had been present at Cartagena.
Condition: brown stains to both sides; some foxing. Verso: top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
? John Thomas (active 1739-d.1747) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: None visible
Mark, stamped: 272
Condition: brown stains to both sides; some foxing. Verso: top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:483 approx. Scale bar: A Scale of 200 Feet [126 mm =]
33.8 x 46.0 cm (image and neatline)
35.2 x 47.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN OF THE. / PARK of ARTILLERY at GEORGE = STADT CAMP in the Island of CUBA 1741. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at George Stadt 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] 7. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 7/44; [bottom right, black pencil, trimmed:] 1741; [centre, red pencil:] 66.
George III catalogue entry:
George Stadt A drawn Plan of the Park of Artillery at George Stadt Camp in the Island of Cuba, 1741; [in red ink:] by Capt. Thomas Eng.r [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Guantánamo River, near Guantánamo?, Cuba (20°08'40"N 75°12'33"W)
Page revisions
23 May 2024
Current version
