The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Oswego, 1756
PLAN of OSWEGO / with its FORTS as BESEIGED by the / MARQUIS of MONTCALM August 1756
c.1756Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:2,400. | RCIN 731085
A plan of Oswego and Lake Ontario, 1756. French and Indian War (1754-63). Oriented with north to top.
The name of ‘M.r McKeller’ appears to have been written in a different hand to that in which the map is drawn, and does not resemble the known signature of Patrick Mackellar. However, the map does appear to be in Mackellar's hand.
Forts Oswego, George and Ontario are noted on the map as being above the level of Lake Ontario. The traders' houses, Hospital, Bolting House and Bake House, Carpenters' houses and Smith's shop are shown outside Fort George and the positions of the batteries and parallels outside the forts are marked. The ‘Road to the French Camp’ is marked running east of Fort Ontario. Numerous soundings are given for the mouth of the Ondaga River and for the area where it enters Lake Ontario.
? Patrick Mackellar (1717-78) (draughtsman) [bottom right of title panel:] M.r M:cKeller [i.e. Patrick Mackellar]
Watermark: None visible; obscured by linen backing
Mark, stamped: 796
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt along fold lines
Scale: 1:2,400. Scale bar: Scale for the Plan 200 Feet to an Inch.
63.7 x 64.1 cm (neatline)
64.3 x 64.7 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of OSWEGO / with its FORTS as BESEIGED by the / MARQUIS of MONTCALM August 1756. [bottom left in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in title panel, below title: a key, A-I, K-N, P:] REFERENCES.
Annotations:
George III heading: [on verso, on white paper strip pasted to linen backing:] Oswego August 1756.
Other annotations: none
George III catalogue entry:
Oswego A drawn Plan of Oswego with its Forts as besieged by the Marquis of Montcalm in August 1756: by M.r M.cKeller.
Subject(s)
Oswego, New York, USA (43°27'19"N 76°30'37"W)
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