Plan and Section of the Kings House and Garden at Perth [1723] [copy] /
Romer, John Lambertus,1680-1754.
Cooper, John,active 1770-1776.
cartographic

1773.
This a copy of John Romer's plan at shelfmark MS.1647.Z.03/3ba. It was done in 1773 by John Cooper, who worked  in the Tower of London Drawing Room. The sheet has two panels. The upper panel contains an extensive handwritten report from John Romer concerning the unsuitability of renovating and refurbishing the King's House and garden in Perth, for use as a barracks, and alternative suggestions. The lower panel contains a plan of the King's House and garden to illustrate his point.
At top of sheet: title, and "Explanation", with list of code letters, and names of features on plan to which they refer.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
In bottom right hand corner: "B.4. F.24" written in ink, and library shelfmark written in pencil.
In bottom left hand corner:  written in ink "John Cooper April 29th. 1773" and "(6.)".
At bottom of upper panel: written in the handwriting of the copyist, the date and "Jno. Romer Engineer", and "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
Has watermarks.
Tabraham Chris. Fortress Scotland and the Jacobites, 1995,
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Marshall, Douglas W., "Military Maps of the Eighteenth Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room", Imago Mundi,
Shows Perth, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Maps, Military