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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

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    ROBERT GEORGE BRUCE (D. 1779)

    Map of encampment at Blandford, 1756 (Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK) 50°51'38"N 02°09'42"E

    1756

    Pencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:10,600 approx. | RCIN 731080

    A map of the encampment at Blandford, 1756. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-east to top (compass rose).

    The encamped regiments, under the command of the Duke of Bedford, are: 2nd and 10th Regiments of Dragoons, and the 3rd, 8th, 12th, 15th 20th and 33rd Regiments of Foot.

    Robert George Bruce was also in 1756 a Practitioner Engineer (Conolly, no.123, List 2). He went on to serve in North America in the 1760s, achieved the rank of Captain of Engineers (8 June 1764; Conolly, no.123, List 3), and committed suicide in 1779 (Gentleman's Magazine v. 49, p.211).

    Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration from prominent brown stain on verso.

    • Robert George Bruce (d. 1779) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside neatline:] R:t G:ge Bruce Ensign in the 12:th Regiment.

      Subject(s)

      Army-GB-Cavalry-10th Regiment of Dragoons (1755-1784)
      Army-GB-Infantry-8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot (1685-1881)
      Army-GB-Infantry-15th Regiment of Foot (1685-1783)
      Army-GB-Infantry-33rd Regiment of Foot (1702-1783)
      Army-GB-Infantry-20th Regiment of Foot (1688-1783)
      Army-GB-Infantry-12th Regiment of Foot (1685-1783)
      Army-GB-Infantry-3rd Regiment of Foot, or the Buffs (1665-1783)
      Army-GB-Cavalry-2nd (or The Queen's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards (1685-1796)
      Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments

    • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below; countermark: I H S [with cross] above I VILLEDARY

      Mark, stamped: 790

      Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration from prominent brown stain on verso

    • Scale: 1:10,600 approx. Scale bar: Scale of one Mile divided into Yards [152 mm =] 1760 Yards.

      48.8 x 61.0 cm (neatline)

      51.2 x 72.9 cm (image and sheet)

    • Manuscript title:

      PLAN / of / SHRAWTON / CAMP, / with the Town of / BLANFORD &c. / Aug:st 1756. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]

      Manuscript title:

      A PLAN of the CAMP / shewing the disposition of the Streets &c. [left of the main plan, down left side of plan]

      Annotations:

      George III heading [on white paper strip pasted to verso:] Encampment at Shroton 4 July - 12 Oct.r 1756.

      Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, ink, obscured by linen:] English Plans; [top, right of centre, red pencil:] August [top, right of centre, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Shroton.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Shroton A drawn Plan of Shroton Camp in 1756, with the Town of Blandford &.c by Ensign R. G. Bruce, Aug.t 1756. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]

    • Subject(s)

      Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK (50°51'38"N 02°09'42"E)

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