The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Army, 1756
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT of a REGIM.T. of DRAGOONS consisting of 6 Troops forming 3 Squad:ns with their Light Troop; / & a BATTN of FOOT consisting of nine Companies, of 100 Men each
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:962 approx. | RCIN 731068.a
BL Add MS 15532: [6th f. numbered, top right of verso:] 2. 'Proportions to be observed in Encamping a Regiment. of Dragoons ... consisting of Six Troops forming Three Squad:ns with their Light Troops.' [Followed by text, and: ] 'Proportions to be observed in Encamping a Battn of Foot consisting of Nine Companies.'
Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield a '4' suspending the letters L V G below.
Size: 33.9 x 50.8 cm (image).
[7th f. numbered, top right, black pencil:] 3 'Plan of the Encampment of a Regim of Dragoons forming 3 Squadrons with their Light Troop; and a Batt of Foot consisting of Nine Comps of 100 Men each.'
Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield a '4' suspending the letters L V G below.
Size: 30.2 x 53.9 cm (image). [This diagram is not so neatly executed as the K.Mil. copy, and all the lettering is in sloping copperplate, whereas that on the K.Mil. plans is differentiated.] Both of these items may be in Morrison's hand.
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Condition: flat, no fold lines.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
- Watermark: Heawood 1809Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:962 approx.
35.4 x 50.6 cm (neatline)
35.6 x 50.8 cm (image)
37.3 x 53.3 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT of a REGIM.T. of DRAGOONS consisting of 6 Troops forming 3 Squad:ns with their Light Troop; / & a BATTN of FOOT consisting of nine Companies, of 100 Men each. [across top of plan, inside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, inside neatline, ink:] 1; [top right, black pencil:] 4. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]
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