Plan of encampment at Dartford Heath, 1745 (Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK) 51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E

Joseph Dufaur (active 1745) (draughtsman) [top centre, bottom right of title panel, signed:] Joseph Dufaur / Engineer. [bottom right of main plan, inside neatline:] J. Dufaur / Engineer.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV

Mark, stamped: 414

Condition: two fold lines; surface dirt recto and verso. Verso: induced discolouration

Scale: not stated. 1:1,800 approx.

28.1 x 77.8 cm (image)

29.4 x 78.2 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

PLAN / OF THE ENCAMPMENT OF / THE FIVE REGIMENTS ON / DARTFORD HEATH [top centre, in rectangular panel]

Insets:

[right, down right side of plan, seven small plans:]

Figr 1s Plan of an Officer Hutt.;
Figr 2d Plan of the Mens Hutts;
Figr 3d Plan of a Centry Box. Size: 10.1 x 14.5 cm (neatline).
Fig:r 4d Frame of a Hutt. Size: 7.9 x 8.2 cm (neatline).
Figr 5 Frame of a Centry Box. Size: 7.8 x 6.2 cm (neatline).
Fig:r 6d Thatched Hutts. Size: 9.8 x 7.1 cm (neatline).
Fig:r 7d Elevation of a Officer Hutts. Size: 9.8 x 7.4 cm (neatline).
Scale: 1:217. Scale bar: A Schale for the Figs 1,2,3,4,5, & 6 of 14 yards [59 mm =].

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment on Dartford Heath 1745. [on a white paper strip pasted to the verso];

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) XI/8 [bottom right, black pencil]; 9/71 [bottom right, red pencil].

George III catalogue entry:

Dartford Heath A drawn Plan of the Encampment of the five Regiments on Dartford Heath in 1745: by Joseph Dufaur Eng.^r [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]