The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampment at Newport, 1758
Plan / of the Proposed Encampment / for 16 Battalions, / near Newport in the Isle of Wight / April 29th 1758
c.1758Ink and watercolour on thin paper | Scale: 1:9,000 approx. | RCIN 732053
This appears to be the preliminary drawing for RCIN 732052. An irregularly shaped flap shows different camp positions.
Additional text: [bottom right, below title:] NB If the old Batt:n is Encamp’d with the / Artillery, in the Rear they may be plac’d as / Mark’d A B C D in the plan, by which means / only one Batt:n of Guards will come on the / Right of the small hollow.
Formerly stored in a rough buff rag paper folder on which is written the old heading.
Condition: one fold line; brown stains.
? Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Watermark: None
Mark, stamped: 834
Mark, stamped: 834A
Condition: one fold line; brown stains
Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bars: Scale of 1000 Y.s [101 mm =]; Scale of One English Mile [178 mm =].
31.6 x 45.9 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan / of the Proposed Encampment / for 16 Battalions, / near Newport in the Isle of Wight / April 29th 1758. [bottom right]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title:] NB If the old Batt:n is Encamp’d with the / Artillery, in the Rear they may be plac’d as / Mark’d A B C D in the plan, by which means / only one Batt:n of Guards will come on the / Right of the small hollow.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Newport 29 April 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] + 53n.
George III catalogue entry:
Newport A drawn Plan of the proposed Encampment for 16 Battalions near Newport, 29.th April 1758. [The same entry appears under the heading Newport.]
Subject(s)
Newport, Isle of Wight, UK (50°42'05"N 01°17'28"W)
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