Selected Prints from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3
A group of thirty etchings, lacking title page, bound in decorated paper boards, with the front cover detached. The plates were made to illustrate a four volume work by Edward Hasted (1732-1812), "The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: containing the ancient and present State of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical; collected from public Records, and other the Authorities, both Manuscript and printed; and illustrated with Maps and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in four Volumes printed for the author by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-99. Those assembled here come from vols. 1, 2 and 3. In total, the four volumes contain about 170 prints, including maps.
Artwork Details
- Title: Selected Prints from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3
- Artist: Drawn and etched by John Bayly (British, active 1755–82)
- Artist: Drawn and etched by Richard Bernard Godfrey (British, ca. 1728–1795 after)
- Etcher: William Watts (British, London 1752–1851 Cobham, Surrey)
- Etcher: Thomas Milton (British, 1743–1827 Bristol)
- Artist: After Thomas Sandby (British, baptized Nottingham 1723–1798 Windsor)
- Artist: After Sir Roger Twisden (British, active 1779–99)
- Artist: After Eleanora Johnson (British, active 1779–99)
- Artist: After Rev. Joseph Milner (British, active 1779–99)
- Date: 1777–90
- Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Overall: 17 5/16 × 11 × 13/16 in. (44 × 28 × 2 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (43 × 27 cm) - Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Bonnie and Manuel Schonhorn, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.599.1–.30
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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