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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

      ? JOHN CLEEVE PLEYDELL (1736-1816)

      Sketch of Dartford Heath, 1759 (Dartford Heath, Kent, England, UK) 51°25'54"N 00°11'24"E

      c.1759

      Pencil, black, brown and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:27,800 approx. | RCIN 732095

      A map of the encampment of the 30th and 36th regiments of foot on Dartford Heath, 19 June 1759. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top.

      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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