The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of encampment near Salisbury, 1757 (Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK) 51°04'09"N 01°47'44"W
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:12,031. | RCIN 731068.j
The facing page (RCIN 731068.i) lists the encamped regiments. The camp took place from 28 June to 25 September. The encamped regiments, under the command of Lieutenant-General Halley, Earl of Ancram, Brigadiers Elliot and Douglass are: 1st Royal Dragoons; 3rd Dragoon Guards; 3rd King's Own Dragoons; 4th Birch's Dragoons; 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; and 11th Ancram's Dragoons.
BL Add MS 15532: [f.12, numbered, top right, black pencil:] 12. 'PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT near SALISBURY 1757'. Scale: 1:12,111. Scale bar: [151 mm =] 2000 Yards. Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters G R below. Size: 30.6 x 29.4 cm (neatline) 32.8 x 38.5 cm (image) [to include the little plan of Old Sarum]. Oriented with north-north-west to top (cardinal points). [Text on facing page:] Encampment at Salisbury / 1757. Watermark: JWHATMAN. Size: 32.7 x 34.5 cm (image). This is a more polished plan than K.Mil., and has more detail, for example, Wilton and Quidhampton [Chilhampton?], bottom left, are shown in more detail, and a little plan of Old Sarum, which is not present on the K.Mil. copy, is drawn in the right margin of the BL plan.
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Condition: flat, no fold lines.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:12,031. Scale bar: [152 mm =] 2000 Yards.
30.7 x 29.1 cm (neatline)
33.2 x 29.3 cm (image)
37.3 x 53.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the CAMP near SALISBURY 1757. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 13; [top right, in margin, ink:] 6. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]
Subject(s)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK (51°04'09"N 01°47'44"W)
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