Battle of Quebec, 1759

PLAN of the Encampment of the BRITTISH ARMY / upon Abraham-Plain before QUEBEC from the 13.th to / the 18.th September 1759. the Days of their Victory and of / the Town’s Capitulation

? Patrick Mackellar (1717-78) (draughtsman) [bottom right, signed:] Pat Mackellar Major & Chief Eng^r

Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres (1721-1824) (surveyor) [bottom centre, below neatline:] Survey’d by Lieut. Des Barrres of y^e Royal Americans.

Watermark: None visible

Mark, stamped: 892

Condition: no fold lines; creased; small tears to bottom edge repaired with paper before being laid down on linen. Verso: surface dirt

Scale: 1:14,400. Scale bar: Scale 1200 feet to an inch [76 mm = 3600].

35.0 x 50.3 cm (neatline)

35.8 x 51.2 cm (image)

37.4 x 52.2 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

PLAN of the Encampment of the BRITTISH ARMY / upon Abraham-Plain before QUEBEC from the 13.^th to / the 18.^th September 1759. the Days of their Victory and of / the Town’s Capitulation. [top left, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[left, below title, in title panel, a key to the redoubts, bastions, gates and batteries:] References.

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment near Quebec 13-18 Sep. 1759.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, in title panel, black pencil, erased:] XVI/58-2 [and below that, black pencil, erased:] [?] Quebec / 13-18 Sept. 1759. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] XVI/58-2.

George III catalogue entry:

Quebec A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the British Army upon Abraham Plains before Quebec, from the 13.^th to the 18.^th of Sept.^r 1759, the days of their victory and of the Town’s capitulation: by Major Pat. Mackellar chief Eng.^r from a survey by Lieut. Des Barres.