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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

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      SAMUEL HOLLAND (1728-1801)

      Map of Beauport, 1759 (Beauport, Quebec, Canada) 46°51'31"N 71°11'31"W

      c.1759

      Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour; drawn on two sheets of paper, joined; laid down on canvas | Scale: 1:9,600. | RCIN 732096

      A map of the northern banks of the St Lawrence River between the Falls of Montmorency and Quebec, 1759. French and Indian War (1754-63). Oriented with north-north-west to top (cardinal points).

      This gives a very detailed representation of the extensive lines of trenches and redoubts on the north side of the St Lawrence River between Beauport and the St Charles River; the positions of the French encampments are shown.

      Additional text: [left, below title, explanatory key to the letters on the map.]

      Condition: six fold lines; several crease marks; surface dirt; several small tears around the edges; small piece diagonally cut off from bottom right corner. Verso: surface dirt; bottom right, water-stained patch, presumably from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.

      • Samuel Holland (1728-1801) (surveyor) [left, below title and explanatory text, surveyor/draftsman:] Survey’d by Capt Holland of ye Royal Americans.

        Subject(s)

        Army-France

      • Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below

        Mark, stamped: 874

        Condition: six fold lines; several crease marks; surface dirt; several small tears around the edges; small piece diagonally cut off from bottom right corner. Verso: surface dirt; bottom right, water-stained patch, presumably from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

      • Scale: 1:9,600. Scale bar: 800 [feet] to an Inch [159 mm = 5000].

        42.1 x 107.0 cm (neatline)

        43.0 x 108.6 cm (image)

        44.7 x 109.5 cm (sheet)

      • Manuscript title:

        Plan of the Coast of Beauport from the Falls of Montmorenci / to ye: General Hospital upon the River St Charles. near Quebec. / shewing the Intrenchments, Redoubts, Batteries & Encampments / of the French along that Coast to oppose the Landings of the / Brittish Forces Commanded by Maj:r Gen:l Wolffe in the / Year 1759. [top left]

        Additional text:

        [left, below title, explanatory key to the letters on the map.]

        Annotations:

        George III heading: [on white paper strip, pasted to verso:] Encampments at Beauport in June 1759.

        Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, ink, cropped and illegible words]. (Verso) [right centre, black pencil:] Camp.

        George III catalogue entry:

        Beauport A drawn Plan of the Coast of Beauport from the Falls of Montmorency to the general Hospital upon the River S.t Charles near Quebec: shewing the Intrenchments, redoubts, Batteries and Encampments of the French along that coast in June 1759; to oppose the landing of the British Forces commanded by Major General Wolfe: surveyed by Captain Holland. [The same entry appears under the heading Beauport.]

      • Subject(s)

        Beauport, Quebec, Canada (46°51'31"N 71°11'31"W)

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