Object Number 1983.0169

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

THE ROYAL PALACE OF KENSINGTON. / Le Palais Royal de Kensington.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

L. Truchy (Engraver)

John Maurer (Designer)
J. Maurer was a native of Switzerland who went to London as an engraver, c.1745.

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

Europe

Origin Notes

Probably published in London, England, United Kingdom.

Date

1754

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Truchy sculp.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Maurer del.
3. Inscription; Lower center; Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.\t 1754 for Stowes Survey.

Subjects

Building view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line engraved, Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

16.1 (H) , 19.6 (W) , 9.7 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.9 (H) , 49.7 (W) , 9.7 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm). Plate W: 16.5 in. (41.8 cm). Chain interval: 3.0 cm).

Publisher Summary

Bowles, John

Publication Date

1754

State

Possibly a modern restrike

Object Description

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