1764 - Original Antique Map by Thomas Kitchin titled "A NEW MAP OF WILTSHIRE"  

Drawn from the Best Authorities by Tho.Kitchin Geogr Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York'. Fine hand colouring and measuring approx 28cm x 22cm (11in x 8 3/4in) in excellent condition. 

Thomas Kitchin (or Thomas Kitchen (1718–1784) was an English engraved and Cartographer, who became Hydrographer to the king. He was born in Southwark and was apprenticed to Emanuel Bowen in 1732. Originally based in Clerkenwell, by late 1755 Kitchin was established on Holborn Hill. From 1773 Kitchin was royal hydrographer to the king. He married Sarah Bowen, daughter of Emanuel, in 1739, and then Jane, daughter of Joseph Burroughs, in 1762. He died in St Albans on 23 June 1784. Kitchin lived and worked in London until his retirement. Kitchin died in June 1784 and was buried in St Alban's Cathedral