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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

DANIEL PATERSON (1738-1825)

Plan of encampment at Byfleet, 1756 (Byfleet, Surrey, UK) 51°20'22"N 00°29'36"W

c.1784-91

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:4,812. | RCIN 731068.f

A plan of encampment at Byfleet, 1756. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south to top (cardinal points).

There is no equivalent to this plan in BL Add MS 15532.

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-GB
  • Watermark: Heawood 1809

    Condition: flat, no fold lines

  • Scale: 1:4,812. Scale bar: [57 mm =] 300 Yards.

    34.3 x 22.1 cm (neatline)

    34.6 x 34.8 cm (image)

    37.0 x 53.4 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    PLAN of the ENCAMPMENT / of a REG.T. of ARTILLERY on / BYFLEET COMMON / under the Command of / HIS GRACE THE / DUKE of MARLBOROUGH / Master General of the / ORDNANCE / 1756. [to right of map, outside neatline]

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 4; [top right, black pencil:] 9. (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)

    Byfleet, Surrey, UK (51°20'22"N 00°29'36"W)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024