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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

? SIR DAVID DUNDAS (1735-1820)

Cancale and Saint-Malo, 1758

c.1758

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:36,000 approx. | RCIN 732056.a

An outline sketch of the coast and country inland showing the division between enclosed and open country, and the routes of the columns of march and camping grounds. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south to top.

Condition: one fold line; small tear to bottom of fold. Verso: induced discolouration.
  • ? Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (surveyor and draughtsman)

  • Watermark: IVILLEDARY

    Mark, stamped: 839

    Condition: one fold line; small tear to bottom of fold. Verso: induced discolouration

  • Scale: 1:36,000 approx. Scale bar: Scale of 3 Miles [134 mm =].

    30.7 x 47.8 cm (neatline)

    31.3 x 48.4 cm (image)

    36.1 x 52.5 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    No title

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Cancalle and S.Malo 5 - 12 June 1758.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] XVI/5[b]. (Verso) none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Malo, S.t A drawn Map of the Coast of Bretagne from Cancalle to S.t Malo relative to the Expedition under the Duke of Marlborough in June 1758: inclosing a copy of D.o on thin paper.

  • Subject(s)

    Cancale, Brittany, France (48°40'33"N 01°51'08"W)

    Saint-Malo, Brittany, France (48°39'00"N 02°01'00"W)

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  • 14 March 2024