RUTLANDSHIRE ENGLAND 1763 KITCHIN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVEDMAP ANTIQUE COOPER ENGRAVED MAP OF RUTLANDSHIRE 1763 Condition: --not specified Ended: Sep 22, 2023 22:09:34 PDT Winning bid: US $12.50 RUTLANDSHIRE ENGLAND 1763 KITCHIN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVEDMAP Description Rutlandshire Drawn from the best Authorities and Regulated by Astron. Observations By T. Kitchin Geog.r. Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1763 Thomas Kitchin's copper engraved map of Rutlandshire, England. A legend key to the lower left side provides details of Borough towns, market, road network, villages. The map notes cities, towns, rivers, roads. A decorative title cartouche, an Armorial of Oakham,a simple compasse rose and a mileage scale adorn the map. Date: 1763 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 39 x 23,2 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. paper with chains. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Small foxing. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Thomas Kitchin (August 4, 1718 – June 23, 1784) was a London based engraver, cartographer, and publisher. He was born in London to a hat-dyer of the same name. At 14, Kitchin apprenticed under Emanuel Bowen, under whom he mastered the art of engraving. He married Bowen daughter, Sarah Bowen, and later inherited much of his preceptor's prosperous business. Their son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, also an engraver joined the family business, which thereafter published in Thomas Kitchin and Son. From 1858 or so Kitchin was the engraver to the Duke of York, and from about 1773 acquired the title, 'Royal Hydrographer to King George III.' He is responsible for numerous maps published in the The Star, Gentleman's Magazine, and London Magazine, as well as partnering with, at various times, with Thomas Jefferys, Emmanuel Bowen, Thomas Hinton, Issac Tayor, Andrew Dury, John Rocque, Louis de la Rochette, and Alexander Hogg, among others. Kitchin passed his business on to his son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, who continued to republish many of his maps well after his death. Kitchin's apprentices included George Rollos, Bryant Lodge, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, Samuel Turner Sparrow, John Page, and Francis Vivares.