Object Number 1965.2962

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Lady Lenox

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Allan Ramsay (Painter)
1713-1784

John Bowles (Publisher)
c.1701-1779
John Bowles traded under his own name from c. 1724-1754 and 1764-1779. He trained his son Carington Bowles (1724-1792) and they traded together as John Bowles and Son from 1754 to 1764. John's brother Thomas Bowles (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 & Carver (with Samuel Carver). John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson. John Bowles, and later John Bowles and Son, used the inscription "at the Black Horse in Cornhill" until 1766, when fire damaged his shop. He relocated to No. 13 Cornhill by 1768.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1750-1770

Subjects

Portrait; Monarchs and nobility

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

8.2 (H) , 5.6 (W) , 5.9 (Image H) , 4.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.9 (H) , 14.1 (W) , 5.9 (Image H) , 4.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 5.9 in. (15.2 cm). Plate W: 4.4 in. (11.3 cm).

Publisher Summary

Bowles, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

Unidentified

Watermark

None

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. 4. 1429-1780.
• See p.1763.
[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. 3. 941-1428.
• See similar print, p.1021, no.51.
[Web Site] National Portrait Gallery, London [www.npg.org.uk]. 2005 www.npg.org.uk
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