Plan of fortification, possibly at Newtown, Isle of Wight.
Alternate Title(s):
Isle of Weight
Published / Created:
December, 1671.
Physical Description:
1 map : pen and ink and watercolor ; sheet 76 x 120 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:1,300.
Notes:
The plan is signed "Le Lieutenant Collo. de Stroff fecit." Saunders notes: "Paul August de Storff was employed to survey garrisons in the Isle of Wight from 1671 and the next year was involved with alterations to Rincurran Fort, Kinsale. He was appointed as an engineer to the English Ordnance in 1678 until his discharge three months later" (see: Saunders, Andrew. Fortress Builder, p. 243). Three other Isle of Wight fortification plans by Storff are also present in the YCBA collection, depicting: Newport and Cowes (Dartmouth vi.2); Sandown (Dartmouth vi.3); and Carisbrooke Castle (Dartmouth vi.4).
Subject Terms:
Fortification -- Great Britain. | Isle of Wight (England) -- Maps. | Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. | Great Britain -- Defenses.
Form/Genre:
Maps -- England -- Isle of Wight. | Ink drawings. | Watercolors.
Contributors:
Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1648–1691, former owner.