Winchester, 1756

A Correct View / of the / HESSIAN CAMP / on Barton Farm near / WINCHESTER / with an Explanation of the Tents and a / Description of the Army at Divine Service

Thomas Kitchin (1719-84) (publisher) [bottom centre, below key:] Enter’d into the Hall Book of the Company of Stationers and publish’d according to Act of Parliament Oct 18. 1756 {Sold by M.^r Kitchin opposite Ely house in Holborn, and M.^r Jeffreys at Charing Cross London. M.^r Greenvil and M.^r Airs Booksellers in Winton, / and also by the Printers of the Salisbury and Reading Journal, and by the News carriers.

William Godson (active 1717-d.1766?) (surveyor) [top centre, following on from title, in title panel:] by Will:^m Godson Land Surveyor to the Right / Worshipful the Corporation of WINCHESTER.

Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719-71) (engraver and publisher)

William Greenvil[le] (active 1756-81) (bookseller)

Mr. Airs (active 1756) (bookseller)

Watermark: Indistinct: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, [device below?]; countermark: IV

Condition: five fold lines; creased

34.9 x 69.2 cm (neatline)

45.2 x 69.2 cm (image)

trimmed (platemark)

46.5 x 71.9 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

A Correct View / of the / HESSIAN CAMP / on Barton Farm near / WINCHESTER / with an Explanation of the Tents and a / Description of the Army at Divine Service. [top centre, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[below view, in four columns, a key, A-I, K-U, W-Y, a-i, k-n:] An EXPLANATION of the REGIMENT of GRANADIERS [and] EXPLANATION of the CORPS of ARTILLERY. [To the right of the keys, a description of the religious services held in the camp:] NB Every Sunday morning the Army in the form of Circles before the Colonels Tents …

Annotations:

George III heading: Encampment at Winchester July - 23 Dec.^r 1756.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Winchester A correct view of the Hessian Camp on Barton Farm near Winchester in 1756. by W.^m Godson. [The same entry appears under the heading Encampment.]