The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Encampment at Fort Ligonier, 1758
PLAN / OF THE / RETRENCH’D CAMP / AT / FORT LIGONIER
1758 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:1,200. | RCIN 732073.a
A plan of the British camp at Fort Ligonier, 1758. French and Indian War (1754-63). Oriented with east-south-east to top (cardinal points).
The encamped positions of the following regiments are shown: 1st and 2nd Battalion, Pennsylvanians; Marylanders and Carolina Men; Royal Artillery; 1st and 2nd Virginia Regiments; Royal Americans; 1st Highland Battalion; Indians. The redoubt was not finished, and the dam for the intended saw mill had been constructed. A note at the bottom of the Reference states that the 'Retrenchment & Redoubts are made of Logs & Fraiz'd at Top.'
The draughtsman of this map, Richard Dudgeon, saw service at the siege of Louisbourg (8 June-26 July 1758), and may have made this map, which may be a copy of another, while in North America.
Richard Dudgeon (active 1748-d.1766) (draughtsman) [top left, below scale bar:] Rich:d Dudgeon Eng:r.
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 859
Condition: one fold line; small tear to bottom of fold repaired with gauze on verso; small tear to lower right edge; surface dirt on both sides. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:1,200. Scale bar: Scale of 100 Feet to one Inch [110 mm =] 400.
42.8 x 55.2 cm (neatline)
43.3 x 55.7 cm (image)
44.4 x 56.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / OF THE / RETRENCH’D CAMP / AT / FORT LIGONIER. [top left]
Additional text:
[top left, below title and scale bar, a key, A-I, K-N, to the details on the map:] REFERENCE.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment at Fort Ligonier 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, partly erased:] XII/[4-z]. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] 12 [or ‘13’].
George III catalogue entry:
Ligonier, Fort A drawn Plan of the intrenched camp at Fort Ligonier, 1758. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA (40°14'35"N 79°14'15"W)
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