Encampment at Fornham St Martin, 1782

To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, / This View of an ENCAMPMENT at FORNHAM near S,t Edmunds Bury is by PERMISSION dedicated by His ROYAL HIGHNESSES / most Faithful Obedient Servant / J. Kendall

John Kendall (active 1780-82) (artist and publisher) [bottom left, below edge of view:] J. Kendall Delin.t; [bottom, below title and coat of arms:] Publish’d according to Act of Parliament Aug:t 31, 1782 by J. Kendall At Bury.

Charles Tomkins (1757-1823) (engraver)

Peltro William Tomkins (1760-1840) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] Cha.s & P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t

Watermark: Faint, three names, one above the other; countermark indistinct

Condition: one fold line; creased along left and right edges; one tear to left edge; two tears to right edge; bottom left corner diagonally cut off; brown discolouration to both sides. Verso: bottom centre, a small circle [with a leaf?] stamped in red ink

30.6 x 61.9 cm (neatline)

36.4 x 61.9 cm (image)

cropped (platemark)

38.6 x 62.1 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, / This View of an ENCAMPMENT at FORNHAM near S,^t Edmunds Bury is by PERMISSION dedicated by His ROYAL HIGHNESSES / most Faithful Obedient Servant / J. Kendall.

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment at Fornham 1782.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Encampment View of an Encampment at Fornham near S.^t Edmunds Bury in 1782; by I. kendall, engraved by Cha.^s and P. W. Tomkins, 1782. [The same entry appears under the heading Fornham.]

Bibliographic reference(s)

F. de la Rochefoucauld, A Frenchman’s year in Suffolk: French impressions of Suffolk life in 1784, Woodbridge 2011, p.16, note 2