A prospect of Mount Arguile

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Two sheets joined. Damaged by sea water. Additional Places: Channel Islands. Contents Note: The mounted figure may be George Legge. A view with measurements of the distance and difference in height between the lower battery of the castle and the adjacent hill.

Administrative / biographical background
From the bound manuscript report of the survey of the defences of the Channel Islands carried out under the direction of George Legge, Lt. General of Ordnance and later Baron Dartmouth. The volume was said to have been with Legge in the 'Gloucester' frigate when she was wrecked off Cromer and to have been found by a fisherman on the coast.

Record Details

Item reference: P/48(85); MS 9970
Level: PART
Date made: 1680
Creator: Phillips, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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