The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Dartford Heath, 1759
Sketch of Dartford Heath, June 19,th 1759
c.1759Pencil, black, brown and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:27,800 approx. | RCIN 732095
The tentative attribution to Pleydell is made on stylistic grounds, however, the style also bears similarities to that of William Roy (1726-90). This camp comprises two battalions, one each of the 30th and 36th Regiments of Foot.
Condition: five fold lines; creased; surface dirt on both sides.
? John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman)
Watermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 873
Condition: five fold lines; creased; surface dirt on both sides
Scale: not stated. 1:27,800 approx.
20.5 x 27.0 cm (image)
23.2 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of Dartford Heath, June 19,th 1759. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment on Dartford Heath 19 June 1759.
Other annotations: (Recto) [left, above old heading, black pencil, underlined, erased and illegible, part of the old heading?]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, cropped:] 3.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the 30.th and 36.th regiments on Dartford Heath, 19 June 1759. [The same entry appears under the heading Dartford Heath.]
Subject(s)
Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK (51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E)
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