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Print (Etching)
JANUARY
Thomas Bowles, Pieter Casteels, John Bowles
1744-1745
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Thomas Bowles (Engraver)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1966.1048.001 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.1048.001 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
JANUARY
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Thomas Bowles (Engraver); Pieter Casteels (Painter); John Bowles (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1744-1745
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: T. Bowles Sculp
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, in banderole
Inscription: Sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Still life
- Botanical illustration
- Mythological
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Line Etched with minimal burin work
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
14.4 (H) x 10.4 (W) x 13.6 (Image H) x 9.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
36.6 (H) x 26.4 (W) x 34.5 (Image H) x 24.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Unable to determine plate mark.
Publisher Summary
J. Bowles
Place of Publication
Mercers Hall in Cheapside, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
J. Bowles
Edition Watermark
Simliar to Churchill 406; Headwood 1824; features a strassburg lily, bend, and countermark "IV"
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Edition Notes
Paper bears watermark of John Willedary of Haatten, Holland. From the quarto edition of engravings after flower paintings by Pieter Casteels.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 149, pp. 225-226.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• For the print series, see pp. 174-177.