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map type:- Kitchin
1750s
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Maps, Westmoreland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, 1753,
and Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, 1750, by
Thomas Kitchin, in a monthly series of county maps, London,
1747-60; published 1750s-98.
Published; Westmorland at vol.22 pp.7-8 in the January
issue of 'The London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly
Intelligencer. ... Vol.XXII For the Year 1753; Cumberland at
vol.19 p.152 in the April issue ,1750. ... Printed for R.
Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater Noster Row.' 1753.
The map has the coat of arms of Appleby; Cumberland has the
arms of Carlisle
Cumberland in this series was also published in a Dublin
edition of the London Magazine, by Sarah and John Exshaw,
The Bible, Cork Hill, Dublin, Ireland, April 1750.
Published in 'Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant
Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales:
Being A Grand Copper-Plate Repository of Elegance, Taste,
and Entertainment. Containing a new and complete collection
of superb views of all the most remarkable Ruins and antient
Buildings, such as Abbeys, Castles, Monasteries, Priories
... Accompanied by elegant Letter-Press Descriptions ... To
Which Will Be Added ... a Complete Set of County-Maps
accurately executed by the best Artists ... Together with an
authentic account of Doomsday-Book ... Published under the
inspection of Henry Boswell, Esq. F.A.R.S. Assisted by
Robert Hamilton, L.L.D. and other ingenious Gentlemen in
different Parts of the Kingdom - celebrated for their
laborious Researches in the pleasing Study of English
Antiquities. London: Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the
King's-Arms, No.16, Paternoster-Row, and Sold by all
Booksellers, Printsellers, and News-Carriers, in Town and
Country,' about 1787-89.
Henry Boswell and Robert Hamilton are pseudonyms invented by
Hogg for his hack writers.
The map is the same but without any imprint, there is no
reference to the London Magazine, plain on the reverse; the
book has much text; its size is 9 x 15 ins.
Published in 'Complete Historical descriptions of A New
and Elegant Collection of Picturesque Views and
Representations of the Antiquities Of England and Wales: ...
To Which Arre Added, ... a Complete Set of the County-Maps
of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ... By Henry Boswell,
Esq. F.A.S. ... London: Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the
King's Arms, (No.16) Paternoster-Row, ...' about 1793.
Published in 'The Antiquities Of England and Wales
Displayed; Being A Grand Repository of Elegance, Taste, and
Entertainment. Containing Copious Historical Descriptions of
all the most Remarkable Elegant and Magnificent Ruins and
Ancient Buildings; ... including particularly every Article
worthy of Notice in that Voluminous and very Expensive Work
published By Captain Grose. ... By Henry Boswell, Esq.
F.A.S. Assisted by Many Antiquarians, and other Ingenious
Gentlemen ... A New Edition, with Alterations And
Improvements. London: Printed For Alex. Hogg, At No.16,
Paternoster-Row. 1795.'
Published in 'A New and Complete Abridgement or Selection
of the most Interesting and Important Subjects in the
Antiquities of England And Wales: Being A Complete
Collection Of Beautiful Views Of The Most Remarkable
Buildings And Ancient Ruins Drawn On the Spot. ... By
Francis Grose, Esq. F.A.S. To Which Will Be Added ... A
Complete Set Of County Maps, By The Best Artists. ...
London: Printed for the Editor, and Sold by H.D. Symonds,
No.20, and Alex. Hogg, No.16, Paternoster-Row; and may be
had of all the Principal Booksellers and Newsmen, in
England, wales, Scotland, and Ireland. MDCCXCVIII.' ie
1798.
(What is a 'complete abridgement'?)
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(map example JandMN (53))
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & coat of arms (Appleby) & compass
rose & scale line & lat and long scales (trapezoid?)
& table of symbols & coast form lines & rivers
& lakes & relief & hillocks & woods &
settlements & roads
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inscription:-
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printed title cartouche
WESTMORE / LAND / Drawn from ye best / Authorities / and
Regulated by / Astronl. Observatns. / By T. Kitchin
Geogr.
bolts of cloth, straw hats, trees
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wxh, sheet:-
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25.5x19.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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215x161mm
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scale:-
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1 to 500000 ? (1 to 499796 from scale line assuming a
statute mile)
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 32.2 mm
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references:-
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: 1753: London Magazine, The & Gentleman's Monthly
Intelligencer: Baldwin, R jnr (London)
Boswell, Henry (pseudonym) & Hamilton, Robert (pseudonym):
1787=1789: Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant
Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales:
Hogg, Alexander (London)
Boswell, Henry (pseudonym): 1793 (?): Complete Historical
Descriptions of A New and Elegant Collection of Picturesque
Views and Representation of the Antiquities of England and
Wales: Hogg, Alexander (London)
Boswell, Henry (pseudonym): Antiquities Of England and Wales
Displayed: Hogg, Alexander (London)
Grose, Francis (after): 1795: New and Complete Abridgement
or Selection of the most Interesting and Important Subjects
in the Antiquities of England And Wales: Symonds, H D &
Hogg, Alexander (London)
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sources:-
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Chubb 1927 (CLXXXVII)
Hodson 1984
JandMN Collection
Wordsworth Trust Collection
Armitt Library
Carlisle Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.27
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.28
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Carlisle Library : Map 12
-- map -- Cumberland
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Carlisle Library : Map 13
-- map -- Cumberland
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Carlisle Library : Map 60
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Carlisle Library : Map 61
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Dove Cottage : 2007.38.2
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Dove Cottage : 2007.38.5
-- map -- Westmoreland
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JandMN (53)
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Kendal Library : Map 30
-- map -- Westmoreland
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Kendal Library : Map 31
-- map -- Westmoreland
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private collection (171)
-- map -- Cumberland
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private collection (172)
-- map -- Durham
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private collection (173)
-- map -- North Riding of York Shire
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