Object Number 2002.0023.006

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The North Prospect of LONDON taken from the Bowling Green at Islington. Vüe de Nord de la Ville de LONDRE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Linda Cassady in memory of Robert and Margaret Ames

Creator (Role)

Thomas Bowles (Draftsman and etcher)
c. 1712-c.1753

Carington Bowles and Robert Wilkinson (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1764-1793

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Bowles delin.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Bowles sculp.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; London Printed for Carington Bowles in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, & Robert Wilkinson, in Cornhill.

Subjects

City view

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

13.625 (H) , 19.125 (W) , 10.3 (Image H) , 16.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.61 (H) , 48.578 (W) , 10.3 (Image H) , 16.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 11.5 in. (29.2 cm). Plate W (at bottom ): 16.8 in. (42.7 cm). Chain interval and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Carington Bowles and Robert Wilkinson

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II or later

Watermark

Center (sideways): crowned fleur de lis

Edition Notes

Weak impression.

Object Description

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