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11. Review plan of the troops 11. Title: A Plan of the Review of the Volunteers of Middlesex ; on the 4 th of June 1799 in Hyde Park shewing the Station of every Company, their names & number of Men in each. Date: 1799. Size: 298 x 430 mm. Scale 500 Yards = 115 mm. Imprint(s): Publish´d June 25 th 1799, by W Walker, 31, Old Bond Street . Signature(s): Cooke, sc, Howland St . Location(s):  BL , KB . Comments: This was a broad sheet publication published separately showing the locations of the troops who represented 65 different corps, their numbers and giving the commanding officers in charge on the day they paraded before King George III. Rather surprisingly, the King was stationed only 300 yards from a powder magazine. Despite the fact that these reviews were regular events, not many originals of such “Review” plans are known. [1] The publisher, William Walker was also one of the publishers of the Hendon parish map of 1796 together with W Faden ( 8 ). ...