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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments

JOHN KENDALL (ACTIVE 1780-82)

View of encampment at Fornham St Martin, 1782 (Fornham St Martin, Suffolk, UK) 52°16'00"N 00°43'00"E

published 1782

Aquatint, etching and engraving; printed on paper | 36.4 x 61.9 cm (image) | RCIN 734081

A view of an encampment at Fornham in 1782. According to Rochefoucauld, (2011), p.16 note 2, a great military camp of volunteers was held in a field opposite the church of Fornham St Martin in 1782. The point from which this view was taken is not clear. In order for the church of Fornham St Martin, which is centre of the view, with the tower to the left, to be seen in this position, the artist would have to be facing north-west. The identity of the large house to the left might be Fornham Hall, drawn to artistic effect with the distance much foreshortened. In the foreground of the view are four or five conical humps in the ground, two with smoke bellowing from the top; these are the camp ovens. Eight artillery wagons are parked to the right. 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.
  • 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

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
  • 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.]

  • Subject(s)

    Fornham St Martin, Suffolk, UK (52°16'00"N 00°43'00"E)

  • 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

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024