The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Sketch of Dartford Heath, 1759 (Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK) 51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E
c.1759Pencil, black, brown and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:27,800 approx. | RCIN 732095
The tentative attribution to Pleydell is made on stylistic grounds, however, the style also bears similarities to that of William Roy (1726-90). This camp comprises two battalions, one each of the 30th and 36th Regiments of Foot.
Condition: five fold lines; creased; surface dirt on both sides.
? John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Infantry-30th Regiment of Foot (1689-1783)Army-GB-Infantry-36th Regiment of Foot (1701-1783)Watermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 873
Condition: five fold lines; creased; surface dirt on both sides
Scale: not stated. 1:27,800 approx.
20.5 x 27.0 cm (image)
23.2 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of Dartford Heath, June 19,th 1759. [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment on Dartford Heath 19 June 1759.
Other annotations: (Recto) [left, above old heading, black pencil, underlined, erased and illegible, part of the old heading?]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, cropped:] 3.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the 30.th and 36.th regiments on Dartford Heath, 19 June 1759. [The same entry appears under the heading Dartford Heath.]
Subject(s)
Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK (51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E)
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