The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Newport, 1758 (Newport, Isle of Wight, UK) 50°42'05"N 01°17'28"W
c.1758Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | Scale: 1:9,000 approx. | RCIN 732052
The attribution to David Dundas is made on stylistic grounds. The troop encampments on the Isle of Wight, which gathered in mid-April 1758, were preliminary to the coastal raids on France which began with the expedition to St Malo in June, in which Dundas took part.
The confident brushwork which is used to represent relief, and the general style of cartography, was gained from experience on the Military Survey of Scotland (1747-55). The dimensions of the space occupied by each regiment, and the space between each, is indicated in yards.
Condition: four fold lines; formerly torn along entire length of centre vertical fold; repaired on verso with white paper. Verso: surface dirt; induced discolouration.
? Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (surveyor and draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Horn in crowned shield, the name L V GERREVINK below, the V suspending a bell with the letter S on the top
Mark, stamped: 833
Condition: four fold lines; formerly torn along entire length of centre vertical fold; repaired on verso with white paper. Verso: surface dirt; induced discolouration
Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bars: Scale of One Mile [179 mm =]; Scale of Feet 4000 [135 mm =].
35.5 x 42.6 cm (neatline)
36.0 x 43.0 cm (image)
37.4 x 44.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of Encampment / for 16 Battalions near / Newport. Isle of Wight / April 29.th 1758. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Newport 29 April 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [left, ink:] Newport camp 1758; [top left, black pencil:] XVI/4-2-e [or ‘l’]; [top right, ink:] N.o 24; [along right edge, black pencil:] Encampment [?] Newport 1758.
George III catalogue entry:
Newport A drawn Plan of Encampment for 16 Battalions near Newport, in the Isle of Wight, 29.th April 1758. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]
Subject(s)
Newport, Isle of Wight, UK (50°42'05"N 01°17'28"W)
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