Print Description
This print shows a map of the English Channel & West Coasts of France, Spain & Portugal. The map is divided into three sections and providing numerous topographical and geographical details of the coasts represented. In the central part it has a beautiful compass rose.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24 x 38 cm (9.45 x 14.96 inch). Image size: 18 x 32 cm. (7.09 x 12.6 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Diagonal fold. Creases. Brownish spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ENGLISH CHANNEL-COAST ENGLAND AND FRANCE-SPAIN-GIBRALTAR-COMPASS | RBOS-A9-26
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in the “New and Universal System of Geography” by George Millar, published by Alexander Hogg, London, 1782.
Biography engraver: Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784), was an English engraver and cartographer. He was apprenticed to Emanuel Bowen and appointed Hydrographer to the King of England. His work covers mainly the United Kingdom, but also the West Indies, his best-known work being “The Present State of the West-Indies”. Kitchin often copied the work of other cartographers, hence the large volume of maps published under his authorship.
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