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£150 Hertford c.1837 Ref: m7711
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44x26 cm

THE NORTH PROSPECT OF THE TOWN OF HERTFORD FROM PORTHILL.
To The Right Worshipfull ye Mayor Recorder & Aldermen of the Town of Hertford this Plate Containing ye North Prospect of Ye Town of Hertford as it was taken from Porthill is humbly dedicated by your Worships humble Servant, J Drapentier 
John Drapentier's view of Hertford was published in Sir Henry Chauncy's Historical Antiquities of the County of Hertford published in 1700. The work was published in a single issue in 1700 and the plates, mostly country houses but including a map of Hertfordshire by Herman Moll, a plan of St. Albans and plan views of Hitrchin and Hertford, were not re-issued or published in any other work. Chauncy's history was republished in 1826 in a smaller format and with reduced plates printed using the newly invented lithographic process.

A rare unrecorded re-engraved version.
This plate is a very close copy of the 1700 original with only minor differences, the most notable being the lack of a page number by the river Beane on the right edge. The paper bears a watermark "V.R." suggesting a date from 1837. It is not known who engraved this close copy and we can find no publications that included it or called for it.
The Drapentier engravings are rare and this plate was not issued in many of the copies of Chauncy's work. This plate may have been commissioned by a private individual to replace a missing plate in the work or as a commercially saleable decorative print. Whatever the reason, the engraver had considerable skill, reproducing almost line for line, the Drapentier original. We are aware of one other example from this plate held in an institution mistakenly described as the 1700 Darpentier engraving. In very fine condition, without centrefold (there is a gentle crease slightly diagonal across the centre the plate has never been bound into a work). with good margins.

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