Research Notes


Map Group BOWLES 1763
Bowles 1763
Modern Map of Hamp Shire ie Hampshire, scale about 7 miles to 1 inch, published by Carington Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard, and Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, London, after 1763.
The map is a new engraving probably copied from the map by Thomas Kitchin, published by R and J Dodsley, Pall Mall, London, 1763-64.
  
 The map was studied from a good quality scanned image (200dpi) sent with an email enquiry asking for an identification.
The map size, measured from the image: wxh, map = 247x189mm.
MAP FEATURES
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The map is a close copy of the map by Thomas Kitchin, published 1763-64. Putting the maps side by side, they 'look' the same. The Bowles and Sayer map is a new engraving, with new title cartouche and imprint, and differences in detail, in particular the engraving of placename labels. Map features will not be described in directly, but by comparison with the features of the Kitchin map:-
  Kitchin 1763
NB: it is an assumption that Bowles and Sayer copied Kitchin; perhaps the copying was the other way around, or both copied from something else.
The Bowles and Sayer map is nicely tinted, which might have been done at any time from the printing of the map to the present.
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MAP FEATURES
title    
monumental cartouche    
map maker    
Kitchin's baroque cartouche is replaced by an equally fashionable monumental cartouche, carved with drapes, with urn, leaves and trees, upper left:-
A Modern MAP of HAMP SHIRE, Drawn from the latest Surveys Corrected & Improv'd by the best Authorities.
Printed at the bottom is a new imprint:-
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Churchyard, & Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street.
orientation    
compass rose    
Same as Kitchin; but tinted.

scale line    
scale    
Same as Kitchin; but tinted. The scale line was measured from the map, the 10 miles = 37.5 mm gives a scale 1 to 429158 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:-
1 to 430000
7 miles to 1 inch

lat and long scales    
lat and long grid    
Same as Kitchin; but tinted, the chequers in blue. If you look closely at the four corners there are tiny differences in coverage, as if the map borders are shifted slightly. Also notice an error in the bottom scale, the 0d 30m mark and label are 5 minutes out of position.

table of symbols    
Almost the same as Kitchin. The words are the same but lettering size is larger, with consequent changes in layout.

sea area    
sea plain    
sandbanks    
Same as Kitchin (as far as I can see); sand banks tinted.

coast line    
coast shaded    
headlands    
Same as Kitchin (as far as I can see).

coastal defence    
castles    
fortifications    
Same as Kitchin.

rivers    
ponds    
bridges    
Same as Kitchin; broader parts of rivers tinted.

relief    
hillocks    
The hillock symbols on the Bowles and Sayers map are slightly larger, and slightly more numerous? than on the Kitchin map; the hillocks are tinted.
The hillocks give no better impression of the shape of the county, and appear, as on many maps, just to be filling space! The overall impression could even be judged to be misleading.

beacons    
Popham Beacon is labelled, as on Kitchin's map, but the symbol is changed from hamlet to village.

woods    
forests    
trees    
Much the same as Kitchin; woodland areas tinted.

parks    
Much the same as Kitchin; interiors tinted. There might be differences of interior detail.

county    
Much the same as Kitchin; but tinted. The boundaries are emphasised by a tint along the line, plus a paler wash into the adjacent county area; Dorset green, Wiltshire red, Berkshire green, Surrey red, Sussex green.

settlements    
Much the same as Kitchin. Notice that the labelling is not always in the same position.

roads    
Same as Kitchin (but I have not checked thoroughly).

Winchester Area
Looking at a 10 mile by 10 mile square centred on Winchester it is possible to compare the Bowles and Sayer map with the Kitchin map.
Bowles and SayerKitchin
    
rivers    
Same as Kitchin.

relief    
hillocks    
Both maps use hillocks engraved with shading to the east. Bowles's hillocks are larger and a little more numerous. Their tinting is crude and doesn't clarify anything. Magdalen Down has lost its hillocks; the downland to the west of Winchester have gained some. Some of Bowles's hillocks interfere with other features.

parks    
Parks are the same shape, an outline with fence palings. On the Bowles and Sayer map Hursley Park has fewer trees, and is tinted.

settlements    
The same places are marked and labelled on each map. The orientation of the symbols and the placement of labels is different; the spelling appears to be identical.
Kitchin's treatment of Winchester is not copied on the Bowles and Sayer map, perhaps, like us, they didn't understand what Kitchin meant.

roads    
Exactly the same as Kitchin.

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also see:- 
  related map group -- Kitchin 1763
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