Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Beague, Charles Heard, -1827
Title:
Essays towards the expression of some forms belonging to ground, according to a plan view : being part of a course of instruction in military surveying &c., on the general survey received by C.H. Beague, candidate for the Corps of Rl. Engineers.
Published / Created:
England, not before 1811
Physical Description:
1 volume (18 leaves) ; 29 x 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
In 1825 Charles Heard Beague married Mary, eldest daughter of the late Major General Pringle, East India Company Service. After training he appears to have been stationed in Malta. The National Archives records a “Plan of St Michael's Bastion and Battery, Valletta, showing tenement required to be purchased for security of barrack stores. Scale: 8 inches to 500 feet. Drawn by CH Beague, Lt RE, 14 August 1826.” The London Star of July 3, 1827, records his death: "At Malta, on the 12th May, Lieut. Charles Heard Beague, Royal Engineers."
Subject Terms:
Beague, Charles Heard, -1827. | Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. | Great Britain. Army -- Officers. | Military topography -- Study and teaching. | Surveying -- Study and teaching. | Topographical drawing -- Study and teaching. | Fowey (England) -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Topographic surveys. | Wash drawings. | Watercolors.