PLAN of part of FORT GEORGE with the BARRACKS &c Erected in the Year 1759

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PLAN of part of FORT GEORGE with the BARRACKS &c Erected in the Year 1759
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Title:
PLAN of part of FORT GEORGE with the BARRACKS &c Erected in the Year 1759
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Date:
[1759]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Lake George--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Lake George--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Lake George (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Warren (county) > Lake George
Extent:
1 map on 4 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 66 x 70 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027390
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
Consider William Brasier as cartographer on stylistic grounds - compare Add Ms 57,712.6.
Shows title and lettered key in a simple surround at upper right. Key refers to "finished" parts of the fortification.
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.NN.5. A roll comprising four sheets, joined - laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at upper right in black ink, "Handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner R. Eng.r by his father in 1872" and initialled (by William Skinner?). Red stamp of British Museum at upper right. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.