Object Number 1965.2593

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Reverend John McGowan, V.D.M.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
1721-1775

John Russell (Painter)
1745-1806

Carington Bowles (Publisher)
1724-1793
Carington Bowles (1724-1793) was trained by his father John Bowles (1701-1779) and they traded together from 1754 to 1764 as John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. John's brother, Thomas Bowles (1695 or 1712-1767), had a similar business in St. Paul's Churchyard, which Carington took over in 1764 when his uncle retired. Carington and John then began trading separately under their own names. Carington was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763-1830), who printed under the name Bowles and Carver. John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1774

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; R. Houston fecit. Published as the Act directs, 25 June 1774.
2. Inscription; Lower left; From the Original Picture painted by J. Russel.
3. Inscription; Lower center; Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map&Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
4. Inscription; Lower center; Carington Bowles execudit.

Subjects

Portrait; Clergy

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.4 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.6 (H) , 26.4 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.1 in. (35.8 cm). Plate W: 10.1 in. (25.6 cm).

Publisher Summary

Bowles, Carington

Publication Date

1774

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

I

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 2. 461-940.
• Print listed as no. 73, p. 672.