The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Blandford, 1756
PLAN / of / SHRAWTON / CAMP, / with the Town of / BLANFORD &c. / Aug:st 1756
1756Pencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:10,600 approx. | RCIN 731080
The encamped regiments, under the command of the Duke of Bedford, are: 2nd and 10th Regiments of Dragoons, and the 3rd, 8th, 12th, 15th 20th and 33rd Regiments of Foot.
Robert George Bruce was also in 1756 a Practitioner Engineer (Conolly, no.123, List 2). He went on to serve in North America in the 1760s, achieved the rank of Captain of Engineers (8 June 1764; Conolly, no.123, List 3), and committed suicide in 1779 (Gentleman's Magazine v. 49, p.211).
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration from prominent brown stain on verso.
Robert George Bruce (d. 1779) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside neatline:] R:t G:ge Bruce Ensign in the 12:th Regiment.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below; countermark: I H S [with cross] above I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 790
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration from prominent brown stain on verso
Scale: 1:10,600 approx. Scale bar: Scale of one Mile divided into Yards [152 mm =] 1760 Yards.
48.8 x 61.0 cm (neatline)
51.2 x 72.9 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / of / SHRAWTON / CAMP, / with the Town of / BLANFORD &c. / Aug:st 1756. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]
Manuscript title:
A PLAN of the CAMP / shewing the disposition of the Streets &c. [left of the main plan, down left side of plan]
Annotations:
George III heading [on white paper strip pasted to verso:] Encampment at Shroton 4 July - 12 Oct.r 1756.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, ink, obscured by linen:] English Plans; [top, right of centre, red pencil:] August [top, right of centre, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Shroton.
George III catalogue entry:
Shroton A drawn Plan of Shroton Camp in 1756, with the Town of Blandford &.c by Ensign R. G. Bruce, Aug.t 1756. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK (50°51'38"N 02°09'42"E)
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