The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Madras, 1758
A Plan of FORT S.T GEORGE, part of the BLACKTOWN and the Country adjacent / as it was when besieged by the French, 12 December 1758. [top left, outside neatline:] Plate XII
1761Engraving and etching; printed on paper | Scale: 1:6,480. | RCIN 732084
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration.
Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719-71) (engraver and publisher) [bottom right, outside neatline:] T. Jefferys Sculp.
Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration
Scale: 1:6,480. Scale bar: Scale of Yards 180 to an Inch.
21.3 x 41.9 cm (neatline)
23.0 x 42.3 cm (image)
cropped (platemark)
23.4 x 44.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
A Plan of FORT S.T GEORGE, part of the BLACKTOWN and the Country adjacent / as it was when besieged by the French, 12 December 1758. [top left, outside neatline:] Plate XII. [below map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Madras 12 Dec. 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, ink:] 13/64-b; [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] XVI/[?]4.
George III catalogue entry:
Madras A Plan of Fort S.t George at Madras with part of the Black Town and adjacent Country as it was when besieged by the French, 12 Dec.r 1758: by T. Jefferys.
Subject(s)
Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India (13°05'16"N 80°16'42"E)
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