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1. Add MS 42572 A-H

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Add MS 42572 A-H
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MISCELLANEOUS MAPS AND PLANS bearing the names (not autograph, with the possible exception of H) of Clement Lemprière (G, H) and Paul Sandby (A-F) and probably drawn in the Ordnance Office, where both men were employed (Lemprière 1727-1746; Sandby 1741-1751). Maps B-D are possibly copies of maps drawn by, or for, Henry Wise (1653-1738), royal gardener. Paper backed with linen. Mid XVIII cent. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.
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Watermarks: Various: mid 18th cent. Maps and Plans: Maps and plans attrib. to C. Lemprière and P. Sandby: mid 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
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8 items

2. Add MS 42572 F

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F (1), (2). Two plans of unidentified fortifications; no scales. Mid VXIII cent. Watermarks, 'IV' (counter-mark only) and fleur-de-lis with countermark name and sacred monogram similar to W. A. Churchill, Watermarks in Paper, no. 411. 225 mm. x 373 mm.; 572 mm. x 623 mm. Fortification: Plans of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 42572 A

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A. 'Plan, Sections, and Elevation of Part of the long Storehouse next the Storekeeper's House at Chatham Gunwharfe': 10 ft. to 1 in. This building (south-west of St Mary's Church), appears on S. and N. Buck's engraving, 'The West Prospect of His Majestys Dock-Yard, at Chatham', 1738 (see Add. MS...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 42572 G

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G. 'Plan, section and elevation of " NewGunners Houses " (1o ft. to 1 in.). with a view of " Part of Dover Castle, 1733 ".' Watermark, horn, similar to Heawood, op. cit., no. 2745, but without name and with countermark 'HP'. 478 mm. x 381 mm. Dover: Plan, view, etc., of part of the castle, at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 42572 C

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C. 'Design for Kensington Gardens'; 1OOO ft. to 7' in. This shows the Upper Garden north of the Palace as laid out by Henry Wise 1704-1711 (see D. Green, op. cit., PP. 75-77, P1S. 24, 25), but the scheme for the Gardens between the Palace and the Serpentine clearly antedates the work of Charles...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 42572 E

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E. 'Plan of Greve au Lanchon and Greve de Lecq, with the intermediate Coast: Jersey'; 400 ft. to i in. The field-boundaries, etc., differ considerably from those on the Ordnance Survey of 1783-1795 (Add. MS. 34145). Mid XVIII cent. Watermark as no. 42572 D. 243 mm. x 732 MM. Island of Jersey: M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 42572 B

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B. 'Plan of Windsor Castle', including the land to the north bounded by the river Thames; 15 chains to 72' in. The layout of the garden shows apparently an alternative scheme to that carried out by Henry Wise 1708- 1714 (see David Green, Gardener to Queen Anne; Henry Wise (1653-1738) and the For...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 42572 D

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D. 'A Plan for the Field Westward of the Great Walk at the Lodge', i.e. Richmond Lodge, co. Surr.; 400 ft. to 61 in. The layout is similar to that carried out, probably by Charles Bridgeman, soon after 1722 (see D. Lysons, The Environs of London, i, P. 447; V.C.H., Surrey , iii, p.. 536) and ill...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 42572 H

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H. 'Plan Geometral de la Ville Citadelles Port et Arcenaux de Marseille'; scale-bar unnumbered. A copy of the map with the same title which was engraved by [Jean ?] Randon from the survey of- Razaud, 'Ingenie ordinaire du Roy', and first published circ. 1730, being reissued later without alterat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item