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

John Bayly|Richard Bernard Godfrey|Thomas Sandby|Thomas Milton|William Watts|Sir Roger Twisden|Eleanora Johnson|Rev. Joseph Milner

1777–90

Selected Prints from Edward Hasted's, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vols. 1-3 by John Bayly|Richard Bernard Godfrey|Thomas Sandby|Thomas Milton|William Watts|Sir Roger Twisden|Eleanora Johnson|Rev. Joseph Milner

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

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bonnie and Manuel Schonhorn, 2014

Accession Number

2014.599.1–.30

Art Historical Context

Step into the rich heritage of 18th-century England withSelected Prints from Edward H's, The History andographical Survey of the County Kent, vols. 1-3*. Published between 1777 and 1790, this monumental work by antiquarian Edward Hasted offers a detailed chronicle of's landscapes, architecture, antiquities, capturing the county's essence during the Georgian era. These selected illustrations, now housed in The Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints department, a gift from Bonnie and Manuel Schonhorn 2014, preserving a slice of Britain's topographic tradition. Crafted by a talented ensem...

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