| Method | Copper engraved with hand colour |
| Artist | Kitchin, Thomas |
| Published | [London, c. 1798] |
| Dimensions | 207 x 181 mm |
| Notes |
A decorative eighteenth century map of Devon featuring the title and the arms of Devon in vignettes from Francis Grose's A new and Complete Abridgment or Selection of the Most Interesting and Important Subjects in the Antiquities of England and Wales. These maps were first issued in The London Magazine from 1746-1760. A key in the bottom right provides details of Borough Towns, Market Towns, the road network, parishes, and villages. In the top right, the title is enclosed in a monumental cartouche, and the arms of Exeter are included in the right of the plate. Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) was one of the best and most prolific engravers of the eighteenth-century. Born in Southwark, he was an apprentice of Emanuel Bowen in 1732. Based in Clerkenwell and later Holborn Hill, Kitchin worked as royal hydrographer to the king from 1773. He married Sarah Bowen, daughter of Emanuel, in 1739, and then Jane, daughter of Joseph Burroughs, in 1762. He is best known for The World From the Best Authorities published in Guthrie's New Geographical Grammar (1777), The Small English Atlas (1749) with Thomas Jefferys, and The Large English Atlas (1749 - 60) with Emanuel Bowen. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £125.00 |
| Stock ID | 52067 |