Map

Description

Engraved map showing a plan of the Battle of Culloden and the adjacent country, attributed to John Finlayson, Edinburgh, dated 1746

Museum reference

T.1983.102

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Map

Production information

Finlayson, John, 1743 - 1747 (fl.)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1746

Materials

Paper

Physical description

Paper; engraved and tinted

Associations

Battle of Culloden
Depicted: Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Depicted: Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites (23 Jun 2017 - 12 Nov 2017)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Literature: D.G. Moir (ed.), The Early Maps of Scotland vol.2 (Edinburgh, 1983), 146; D.J. Bryden, 'Three Edinburgh Microscope Makers...', The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club 33 (1972), 167; George Dalgleish and Dallas Mechan, 'I am Come Home': Treasures of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Edinburgh, 1985), 22.