Selected Prints from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3

1777–90

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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.

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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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