Object Number 2002.0023.009

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

Veüe de Fontainebleau. __ A View of the Royal Palace of Fontainbleau.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Linda Cassady in memory of Robert and Margaret Ames

Creator (Role)

Jacques Rigaud (Draftsman)
c. 1681-1754

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

1764-1793

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; I. Rigaud Delin.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Printed for Carington Bowles, in S.\t Paul's Church Yard, London.

Subjects

Building view

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

13.5 (H) , 19.1 (W) , 7.8 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.2 (H) , 48.4 (W) , 7.8 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 8.7 in. (22.0 cm). Plate W (at bottom ): 16.60 in. (42.17 cm). Chain interval and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Bowles, Carington

Place of Publication

St. Paul's Church Yard, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Center (sideways): crowned fleur de lis with initials "GR" below

Object Description

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