DRAWN AND ETCHED BY RICHARD BERNARD GODFREY, AFTER ELEANORA JOHNSON, AFTER THOMAS SANDBY, DRAWN AND ETCHED BY JOHN BAYLY, AFTER SIR ROGER TWISDEN, AFTER REV. JOSEPH MILNER. Selected Prints from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3
Selected Prints from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3. Artist: After Eleanora Johnson (British, active 1779-99); Drawn and etched by John Bayly (British, active 1755-1782); After Thomas Sandby (British, baptized Nottingham 1723-1798 Windsor); Drawn and etched by Richard Bernard Godfrey (British, probably London ca. 1728-1795 after); After Sir Roger Twisden (British, active 1779-99); After Rev. Joseph Milner (British, active 1779-99). Dimensions: Overall: 17 5/16 × 11 × 13/16 in. (44 × 28 × 2 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (43 × 27 cm). Etcher: William Watts (British, London 1752-1851 Cobham, Surrey); Thomas Milton (British, 1743-1827 Bristol). Date: 1777-90.
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.
Technique/matériel:
Illustrations: etching and engraving
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Copyright:
Le droit d'auteur de l'artiste doit être liquidé si l'œuvre n'est pas dans le domaine public dans le pays pour lequel la licence est contractée.