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A View of Amsterdam on each side of the Old Rampart as seen from the Harbour. Veüe d'Amsterdam des deux Cotés du Vieux Rampart Vue du Port.
I. Smit delin. T. Bowles sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Hand-coloured etching, with printseller's label glued on verso. Sheet: 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"). Title removed as usual and glued to verso as issued. Trimmed into publication line.
A view of Amsterdam from the harbour. On the reverse is the printseller's label of John Hogben Master of the Mathematical Free School, at Rye in Sussex, now Rye College. A wonderful & rare country printseller's descriptive label. The label lists the variety of books, prints and stationary he stocks including account books, penknives, pens, sealing wax, inks, mathematical instruments, globes, maps, spectacles and fishing tackle 'Sold as Cheap as in London'.
Label is different from 41620.
[Ref: 41619] £380.00 view all images for this item
I. Smit delin. T. Bowles sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Hand-coloured etching, with printseller's label glued on verso. Sheet: 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"). Title removed as usual and glued to verso as issued. Trimmed into publication line.
A view of Amsterdam from the harbour. On the reverse is the printseller's label of John Hogben Master of the Mathematical Free School, at Rye in Sussex, now Rye College. A wonderful & rare country printseller's descriptive label. The label lists the variety of books, prints and stationary he stocks including account books, penknives, pens, sealing wax, inks, mathematical instruments, globes, maps, spectacles and fishing tackle 'Sold as Cheap as in London'.
Label is different from 41620.
[Ref: 41619] £380.00 view all images for this item
![A View of part of Amsterdam from the Harbour Y, Shewing The Herring Packers Tower, the Sluice of Haarlem, & the New Fishmarket [verso].](jpegs/10382.jpg)
A View of part of Amsterdam from the Harbour Y, Shewing The Herring Packers Tower, the Sluice of Haarlem, & the New Fishmarket [verso]. [Franch translation to right.]
J. Smit delin. TBowles Sculpt. [verso]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Hand coloured etching, image 260 x 415mm. 10¼ x 16¼". Trimmed to image and glued to album page; the title excised and glued to verso.
A bustling harbour scene in Amsterdam, Holland, with ships laden with merchandise coming in to be unloaded at the quayside. A nicely coloured impression.
[Ref: 10382] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Smit delin. TBowles Sculpt. [verso]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Hand coloured etching, image 260 x 415mm. 10¼ x 16¼". Trimmed to image and glued to album page; the title excised and glued to verso.
A bustling harbour scene in Amsterdam, Holland, with ships laden with merchandise coming in to be unloaded at the quayside. A nicely coloured impression.
[Ref: 10382] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[South Sea Bubble] The Bubblers Mirrour; or Englands Folly.](jpegs/58856.jpg)
[South Sea Bubble] The Bubblers Mirrour; or Englands Folly.
Printed for Carington Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Ch. Yard, London [n.d., c.1766].
Mezzotint image with etched surround. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into printed border, laid on modern card.
A weeping man holds up an empty money bag. A satire on financial bubbles, primarily the South Sea Bubble (the text under the portrait describes the man as a South Sea investor), but also listing other schemes and giving some of the inflated prices they reached from the subscription price. For example: stockings, rising to £30 from £2 10s; 'Manuring of Land' ('They'll never make corn cheap, or horse dung dear'); 'Bleaching of Hair'; Royal Assurance & London Assurance; 'Insurances against ye Venereal Desease'; and the Pennsylvania Company, rising from £5 5s to £40! This satire was first published by Thomas Bowles in 1720; this example was published by his nephew soon after Carington took over the business in 1766. Apparently the satire was extremely popular: the firm of Bowles & Carver were still issuing it at the end of the century.
BM: 1621.
[Ref: 58856] £380.00
Printed for Carington Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Ch. Yard, London [n.d., c.1766].
Mezzotint image with etched surround. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into printed border, laid on modern card.
A weeping man holds up an empty money bag. A satire on financial bubbles, primarily the South Sea Bubble (the text under the portrait describes the man as a South Sea investor), but also listing other schemes and giving some of the inflated prices they reached from the subscription price. For example: stockings, rising to £30 from £2 10s; 'Manuring of Land' ('They'll never make corn cheap, or horse dung dear'); 'Bleaching of Hair'; Royal Assurance & London Assurance; 'Insurances against ye Venereal Desease'; and the Pennsylvania Company, rising from £5 5s to £40! This satire was first published by Thomas Bowles in 1720; this example was published by his nephew soon after Carington took over the business in 1766. Apparently the satire was extremely popular: the firm of Bowles & Carver were still issuing it at the end of the century.
BM: 1621.
[Ref: 58856] £380.00
![[South Sea Bubble] The Bubblers Mirrour; or Englands Folly.](jpegs/33210.jpg)
[South Sea Bubble] The Bubblers Mirrour; or Englands Folly.
Printed for Carington Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Ch. Yard, London [n.d., c.1766].
Mezzotint image with etched surround. Image 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A weeping man holds up an empty money bag. A satire on financial bubbles, primarily the South Sea Bubble (the text under the portrait describes the man as a South Sea investor), but also listing other schemes and giving some of the inflated prices they reached from the subscription price. For example: stockings, rising to £30 from £2 10s; 'Manuring of Land' ('They'll never make corn cheap, or horse dung dear'); 'Bleaching of Hair'; Royal Assurance & London Assurance; 'Insurances against ye Venereal Desease'; and the Pennsylvania Company, rising from £5 5s to £40! This satire was first published by Thomas Bowles in 1720; this example was published by his nephew soon after Carington took over the business in 1766. Apparently the satire was extremely popular: the firm of Bowles & Carver were still issuing it at the end of the century.
BM: 1621.
[Ref: 33210] £790.00
Printed for Carington Bowles next ye Chapter House in St Pauls Ch. Yard, London [n.d., c.1766].
Mezzotint image with etched surround. Image 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A weeping man holds up an empty money bag. A satire on financial bubbles, primarily the South Sea Bubble (the text under the portrait describes the man as a South Sea investor), but also listing other schemes and giving some of the inflated prices they reached from the subscription price. For example: stockings, rising to £30 from £2 10s; 'Manuring of Land' ('They'll never make corn cheap, or horse dung dear'); 'Bleaching of Hair'; Royal Assurance & London Assurance; 'Insurances against ye Venereal Desease'; and the Pennsylvania Company, rising from £5 5s to £40! This satire was first published by Thomas Bowles in 1720; this example was published by his nephew soon after Carington took over the business in 1766. Apparently the satire was extremely popular: the firm of Bowles & Carver were still issuing it at the end of the century.
BM: 1621.
[Ref: 33210] £790.00
The Chinese House, the Rotunda, & the Company in Masquerade in Renelagh Gardens. [parallel text in Fernch]
Bowles delin.t / Bowles sculp
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1750]
Line engraving with hand-colouring, watermarked paper 18th century; platemark 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Small margins; staining; very good colour.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Its admirers included Smollett, Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole and the Duke of Cumberland. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. The rococo rotunda, built by William Jones, was 150ft in diameter and heated by a large fireplace. Mozart once played at the orchestra stand inside it. After one of several pictures of the area which Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768) painted while resident in London.
[Ref: 37212] £380.00
Bowles delin.t / Bowles sculp
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1750]
Line engraving with hand-colouring, watermarked paper 18th century; platemark 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Small margins; staining; very good colour.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Its admirers included Smollett, Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole and the Duke of Cumberland. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. The rococo rotunda, built by William Jones, was 150ft in diameter and heated by a large fireplace. Mozart once played at the orchestra stand inside it. After one of several pictures of the area which Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768) painted while resident in London.
[Ref: 37212] £380.00
The Inside View of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast. Vue de la Compagnee a Dejeuner dans la Rotonde au Mellieux des Jardins de Renelagh
Bowles delin et Sculp.
Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill & Bowles& Carver No 69, St Pauls Church Yard London.
Copper Engraving. 285 x 400mm, (11¼ x 15¾") very large margins.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
Longford: 340,a.
[Ref: 55706] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Bowles delin et Sculp.
Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill & Bowles& Carver No 69, St Pauls Church Yard London.
Copper Engraving. 285 x 400mm, (11¼ x 15¾") very large margins.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
Longford: 340,a.
[Ref: 55706] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside View of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast.
Bowles delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1754 for Stowe's Survey [c.1800].
Copper Engraving. 290 x 400mm, 11½ x 15¾".
Engraving reversed from a painting by Canaletto in Compton Verney. The view focuses on the architecture of William Jones' rotunda, a structure in which the young Mozart performed (June 29th 1764). Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
Longford: 340,a.
[Ref: 19588] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Bowles delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1754 for Stowe's Survey [c.1800].
Copper Engraving. 290 x 400mm, 11½ x 15¾".
Engraving reversed from a painting by Canaletto in Compton Verney. The view focuses on the architecture of William Jones' rotunda, a structure in which the young Mozart performed (June 29th 1764). Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
Longford: 340,a.
[Ref: 19588] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Chinese Pavillions and Boxes. Les Pavillions et les Loges Chinese dans.
J. Wale delin.t. T. Bowles sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament.
Engraving with fine hand colour, sheet 325 x 460mm (11¾ x 18¼"). Laid on album paper. Trimmed to image.
View of the Chinese Pavillions and Boxes in Vauxhaul Gardens in Kennington.
[Ref: 55708] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Wale delin.t. T. Bowles sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament.
Engraving with fine hand colour, sheet 325 x 460mm (11¾ x 18¼"). Laid on album paper. Trimmed to image.
View of the Chinese Pavillions and Boxes in Vauxhaul Gardens in Kennington.
[Ref: 55708] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A view of the Custom House, with part of the Tower, taken from ye River Thames London. Vüe de la Douane et une partie de la Tour, prise de la Riviere Thamise a Londres.
Maurer Delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles in Cornhil, _ and Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street.
Engraving and etching in fine contemporary hand colour. Plate 265 x 400mm. 10½ x 15¾". Small tears into the margins; very fine colours. Chip with paper loss into upper right-hand margin.
View of the Custom House with boats on the River Thames and the Tower of London in the distance.
[Ref: 21307] £350.00
Maurer Delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles in Cornhil, _ and Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street.
Engraving and etching in fine contemporary hand colour. Plate 265 x 400mm. 10½ x 15¾". Small tears into the margins; very fine colours. Chip with paper loss into upper right-hand margin.
View of the Custom House with boats on the River Thames and the Tower of London in the distance.
[Ref: 21307] £350.00
A View of the Custom House with part of the Tower, taken from ye River Thames London. Vüe de la Douane et une partie de la Tour, prise de la Riviere Thamise a Londres. 26.
Maurer delin. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. T. Bowles Sculp.
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St Paul's Church Yard, R. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1800.]
Coloured engraving, fine colour. Plate 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Foxing, repaired tears around edges, and one tear into lower plate at left.
View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right; unloading vessels along the bank to the left.
[Ref: 26145] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Maurer delin. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. T. Bowles Sculp.
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St Paul's Church Yard, R. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1800.]
Coloured engraving, fine colour. Plate 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Foxing, repaired tears around edges, and one tear into lower plate at left.
View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right; unloading vessels along the bank to the left.
[Ref: 26145] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Custom House with part of the Tower, taken from ye River Thames London. Vüe de la Douane et une partie de la Tour, prise de la Riviere Thamise a Londres.
Maurer delin. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753. T. Bowles Sculp.
London Printed for T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard. John Bowles and Jon, in Cornhill. Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street, and Hen.y Overton without Newgate.
Coloured engraving. Plate 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Fine; small hole by dinghy to left.
View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right; unloading vessels along the bank to the left.
[Ref: 26144] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Maurer delin. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753. T. Bowles Sculp.
London Printed for T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard. John Bowles and Jon, in Cornhill. Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street, and Hen.y Overton without Newgate.
Coloured engraving. Plate 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Fine; small hole by dinghy to left.
View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right; unloading vessels along the bank to the left.
[Ref: 26144] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Du Vall Robbing Squire Roper, Master of ye Buck Hounds to King Charles II in Windsor Forest.
T. Bowles Sculp.
[n.d. c.1734.]
Copper engraving. Plate 330 x 210mm. 13 x 8¼". Trimmed to the plate along bottom and sides. Slight crease.
From "A General History of Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, &c" by Captain Charles Johnson. Claude Du Vall (1643-1670) was a French-born gentleman highwayman. He reputedly never used violence, and would wait for stagecoaches along the roads to London. One such victim was Squire Roper, Master of the Royal Buckhounds, from whom he stole 50 guineas and then tied to a tree.
[Ref: 19208] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
T. Bowles Sculp.
[n.d. c.1734.]
Copper engraving. Plate 330 x 210mm. 13 x 8¼". Trimmed to the plate along bottom and sides. Slight crease.
From "A General History of Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, &c" by Captain Charles Johnson. Claude Du Vall (1643-1670) was a French-born gentleman highwayman. He reputedly never used violence, and would wait for stagecoaches along the roads to London. One such victim was Squire Roper, Master of the Royal Buckhounds, from whom he stole 50 guineas and then tied to a tree.
[Ref: 19208] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
The Enthusiastic Orator. 6.
[after Robert Dighton] Printed and Sold by Carrington Bowles, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London.
Publish'd as the Act directs; 25 Sep.r 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark, plate 175 x 280mm (6¾ x 11), with large margins.
A republishing from the series 'Twelve elegant and humorous prints of rural scenes, adorned with comic figures, by Robert Dighton.' Preaching to a small group of pious elderly women and artisans, a minister is standing on a bench beneath a tree with his arms raised and a handkerchief in his right hand. Approaching from the right, two young chimney sweeps, astride the same donkey, make fun of the preacher. The scene is rural, with grass and bushes, but St. Paul's dome can be seen in the distance.
See BM Satires 6752.
[Ref: 61962] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton] Printed and Sold by Carrington Bowles, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London.
Publish'd as the Act directs; 25 Sep.r 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark, plate 175 x 280mm (6¾ x 11), with large margins.
A republishing from the series 'Twelve elegant and humorous prints of rural scenes, adorned with comic figures, by Robert Dighton.' Preaching to a small group of pious elderly women and artisans, a minister is standing on a bench beneath a tree with his arms raised and a handkerchief in his right hand. Approaching from the right, two young chimney sweeps, astride the same donkey, make fun of the preacher. The scene is rural, with grass and bushes, but St. Paul's dome can be seen in the distance.
See BM Satires 6752.
[Ref: 61962] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Florence from the Convent of Capuchins at Montugi.
Joseph Zocchi Delin.t. T. Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for [***] Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Original coloured engraving. Sheet 265 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"). Trimmed and laid on card as a vüe d'optique, title (as above) pasted on reverse. Surface scuffed. with some colour oxidation.
A prospect of Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (c.?1711-67), best known for his Vedute of his native city, Florence.
[Ref: 34041] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Zocchi Delin.t. T. Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for [***] Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Original coloured engraving. Sheet 265 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"). Trimmed and laid on card as a vüe d'optique, title (as above) pasted on reverse. Surface scuffed. with some colour oxidation.
A prospect of Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (c.?1711-67), best known for his Vedute of his native city, Florence.
[Ref: 34041] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Their Royall Highness' Frederick Prince of Wales & Princess Ann.
Printed and Sold by John Bowles Printseller at Mercers hall in Cheapside & Tho. Bowles Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard. [n.d. c.1730]
Rare mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Very slight central crease.
Full length double portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) and Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709-1759), against a classical architectural backdrop. prince Frederick standing to left, right hand on his hip, gesturing with left hand. He wears robes lined with pale satin, a cloak thrown back over right elbow, tied with a rope ending in a large tassell, with the chain of the garter, his own hair curling over his shoulders. His sister Anne standing to right, holds out a wreath of laurel to her brother. She wears pearls in her hair and a cloak attached to left shoulder, hooked up at the waist.
CS 47
[Ref: 58880] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Sold by John Bowles Printseller at Mercers hall in Cheapside & Tho. Bowles Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard. [n.d. c.1730]
Rare mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Very slight central crease.
Full length double portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) and Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709-1759), against a classical architectural backdrop. prince Frederick standing to left, right hand on his hip, gesturing with left hand. He wears robes lined with pale satin, a cloak thrown back over right elbow, tied with a rope ending in a large tassell, with the chain of the garter, his own hair curling over his shoulders. His sister Anne standing to right, holds out a wreath of laurel to her brother. She wears pearls in her hair and a cloak attached to left shoulder, hooked up at the waist.
CS 47
[Ref: 58880] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Study From Nature. From an Original Drawing by Tho.s Gainsborough R.A. in the Possesstion of Mrs. Trimmer.
Drawn by Tho.s Gainsborough. Engraved by John Bowles.
London, Published as the Act directs by J & J Boydell No.90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspear Gallery, Pall Mall. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Platemark: 405 x 295mm (16 x 11¾"). Very large margins, very slight creasing.
A rural scene after a drawing by Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788), with a stream in the centre, woodland to the left, and a cottage on the right.
[Ref: 38698] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Tho.s Gainsborough. Engraved by John Bowles.
London, Published as the Act directs by J & J Boydell No.90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspear Gallery, Pall Mall. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Platemark: 405 x 295mm (16 x 11¾"). Very large margins, very slight creasing.
A rural scene after a drawing by Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788), with a stream in the centre, woodland to the left, and a cottage on the right.
[Ref: 38698] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Industry and Idleness. 1. The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms. [&] 3. The Idle 'Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, during Divine Service. [&] 4. The Industrious 'Prentice a Favourite, and entrusted by his Master. [&] 6. The Industrious 'Prentice out of his Time, & Married to his Master's Daughter. [&] 8. The Industrious 'Prentice grown rich, & Sheriff of London. [&] 10. The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle one brought before him & Impeach'd by his Accomplice. [&] 11. The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn.
[Engraved for Carington Bowles after designs and engravings by William Hogarth.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Working proofs before letters. Incomplete set of 7 unique engravings. Very unfinished. 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
Seven of twelve morality satires by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764), charting the careers of two London apprentices. Hogarth later described the series as ‘calculated for the use & Instruction of Youth’. The ‘good’ apprentice, Francis Goodchild, and ‘bad’ apprentice, Tom Idle, are seen together in Plates 1 and 10. Throughout the rest of the series their respective ‘careers’ are compared and contrasted. The apprentices’ physical appearance is also contrasted. Goodchild’s expressions are serene and polite, his demeanour elegant and gentlemanly, while Idle’s features become increasingly contorted and grotesque, and his posture slovenly and misshapen. The first plate sees the two apprentices together in the same silk-weaving workshop in Spitalfields. Goodchild works diligently at the loom, while Idle is fast asleep. Two volumes entitled ‘The Prentices Guide’ [not etched at this time] are strategically placed, symbolising their respective attitudes to work and authority. Goodchild’s is in pristine condition, carefully propped against a thread winder but the other is soiled, ripped and discarded on the floor. The series' end sees Goodchild’s triumphal procession as Lord Mayor at the heart of the City of London, while Idle’s ignominious end is execution on the gallows at Tyburn.
iii: W122, see Paulson 170. iv: W125, see Paulson 171. vi: W124, see Paulson 173. viii: W120, see Paulson 175. x: W126, see Paulson 177. xi: W123, See Paulson 178.
[Ref: 16339] £950.00 view all images for this item
[Engraved for Carington Bowles after designs and engravings by William Hogarth.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Working proofs before letters. Incomplete set of 7 unique engravings. Very unfinished. 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
Seven of twelve morality satires by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764), charting the careers of two London apprentices. Hogarth later described the series as ‘calculated for the use & Instruction of Youth’. The ‘good’ apprentice, Francis Goodchild, and ‘bad’ apprentice, Tom Idle, are seen together in Plates 1 and 10. Throughout the rest of the series their respective ‘careers’ are compared and contrasted. The apprentices’ physical appearance is also contrasted. Goodchild’s expressions are serene and polite, his demeanour elegant and gentlemanly, while Idle’s features become increasingly contorted and grotesque, and his posture slovenly and misshapen. The first plate sees the two apprentices together in the same silk-weaving workshop in Spitalfields. Goodchild works diligently at the loom, while Idle is fast asleep. Two volumes entitled ‘The Prentices Guide’ [not etched at this time] are strategically placed, symbolising their respective attitudes to work and authority. Goodchild’s is in pristine condition, carefully propped against a thread winder but the other is soiled, ripped and discarded on the floor. The series' end sees Goodchild’s triumphal procession as Lord Mayor at the heart of the City of London, while Idle’s ignominious end is execution on the gallows at Tyburn.
iii: W122, see Paulson 170. iv: W125, see Paulson 171. vi: W124, see Paulson 173. viii: W120, see Paulson 175. x: W126, see Paulson 177. xi: W123, See Paulson 178.
[Ref: 16339] £950.00 view all images for this item
Ironmongers Hall with a View of Fenchurch Street. L'Hotel des Ferronniers dans la Rue de Fenchurch a Londres.
J. Donowell delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament Aug 1. 1753. London Printed for Tho. Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, R Sayer in Fleet Street and H. Overton without Newgate.
Engraving and etching. 260 x 415mm (10¼ x 16¼"), with large margins.
View of Thomas Holden's new Ironmongers' Hall in Fenchurch Street, opened 1745, destroyed by a German bomb in 1917.
[Ref: 53482] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Donowell delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament Aug 1. 1753. London Printed for Tho. Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, R Sayer in Fleet Street and H. Overton without Newgate.
Engraving and etching. 260 x 415mm (10¼ x 16¼"), with large margins.
View of Thomas Holden's new Ironmongers' Hall in Fenchurch Street, opened 1745, destroyed by a German bomb in 1917.
[Ref: 53482] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Italian Puppet Show.]
[Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 24th June 1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour, rare. Trimmed to oval 160 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper with the title written in ink underneath.
A street puppet show, with the main character the traditional 'Pulcinella' (Punchinello or Punch), with his wife 'Joan', later Judy. In the audience a fish-wife drops fish from her basket, distracted by the show. This appears to be from a series of acts or amusements making headlines in the mid-1780s.
[Ref: 32836] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 24th June 1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour, rare. Trimmed to oval 160 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper with the title written in ink underneath.
A street puppet show, with the main character the traditional 'Pulcinella' (Punchinello or Punch), with his wife 'Joan', later Judy. In the audience a fish-wife drops fish from her basket, distracted by the show. This appears to be from a series of acts or amusements making headlines in the mid-1780s.
[Ref: 32836] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Leicester Square London.
T. Bowles Delin. et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753. London Printed for & Sold by Thomas Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles and Sons in Cornhill, Rob.t. Sayer in Fleet Street, and Hen. Overton without Newgate.
Coloured engraving. 270 x 410mm (10½ x 16"), with good margins. Spotting, paper toned.
A view looking north across Leicester Square, an equestrian statue of George I inside railings, with carriages, sedan chairs, sheep and cows and pedestrians.
[Ref: 45289] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
T. Bowles Delin. et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753. London Printed for & Sold by Thomas Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles and Sons in Cornhill, Rob.t. Sayer in Fleet Street, and Hen. Overton without Newgate.
Coloured engraving. 270 x 410mm (10½ x 16"), with good margins. Spotting, paper toned.
A view looking north across Leicester Square, an equestrian statue of George I inside railings, with carriages, sedan chairs, sheep and cows and pedestrians.
[Ref: 45289] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The New Gallery of the Vatican Library at Rome. With the Cornishes Ornamented with Etrusian Vases. La Galarie Nouvelle de la Bibliotheque Vatincane a Rome... 9.
B. Vasi delin. Bowles Sculp.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame. A few small time spots near the plate mark.
An interior view of the gallery at the Vatican library in Rome. After Giuseppe Vasi (1710–1782) however attributed incorrectly within the print.
[Ref: 61277] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B. Vasi delin. Bowles Sculp.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame. A few small time spots near the plate mark.
An interior view of the gallery at the Vatican library in Rome. After Giuseppe Vasi (1710–1782) however attributed incorrectly within the print.
[Ref: 61277] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The East View of the Inside of Westminster-Hall, with both Houses of Parliament assembled on the Tryal of Simon Fraser Lord of Lovat. Shewing the Scaffolding, The Throne & the Seats erected on that occasion…
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving on two sheets conjoined, total 550 x 920mm. Trimmed to image on three sides, binding folds flattened.
The trial of one of the leaders of the Jacobite rebellion, 1747. Fraser was the last man to be beheaded on Tower Hill.
[Ref: 811] £680.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving on two sheets conjoined, total 550 x 920mm. Trimmed to image on three sides, binding folds flattened.
The trial of one of the leaders of the Jacobite rebellion, 1747. Fraser was the last man to be beheaded on Tower Hill.
[Ref: 811] £680.00
The Manchester Hero, or Arts yield to Arms. From the Original Picture by John Collett, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 365 x 260mm.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
[Ref: 7246] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 365 x 260mm.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
[Ref: 7246] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. Industry Produceth Wealth. [&] Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. Prudence Produceth Esteem.
[After Robert Dighton] Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs 9 Nov.r 1784 [& 16 Aug. 1785].
Scarce pair of mezzotints with hand colour. Each 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Framed. Time stained, faded colour, some damage, Unexamined out of matching 19th century frames.
Portraits of two righteous people, standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with moneybags at the feet of the man and 'Rewards of Virtue' at the feet of the woman. In the corners are scenes of wantonness and its just rewards. The compass is one of the great symbols of freemasonary.
BM Satires 6903 & 6907.
[Ref: 60771] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[After Robert Dighton] Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs 9 Nov.r 1784 [& 16 Aug. 1785].
Scarce pair of mezzotints with hand colour. Each 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Framed. Time stained, faded colour, some damage, Unexamined out of matching 19th century frames.
Portraits of two righteous people, standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with moneybags at the feet of the man and 'Rewards of Virtue' at the feet of the woman. In the corners are scenes of wantonness and its just rewards. The compass is one of the great symbols of freemasonary.
BM Satires 6903 & 6907.
[Ref: 60771] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
A Perspective View of the City of Naples.
G. Fossati delin.t. Bowles Sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament. Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 _ in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver 69, St. Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1800].
Coloured engraving. 290 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"), with margins.
A prospect of Naples from the sea, Vesuvius smoking in the background. Giorgio Domenico Fossati ((1705-85), Swiss-born artist and architect.
[Ref: 54657] £340.00 (£408.00 incl.VAT)
G. Fossati delin.t. Bowles Sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament. Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 _ in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver 69, St. Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1800].
Coloured engraving. 290 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"), with margins.
A prospect of Naples from the sea, Vesuvius smoking in the background. Giorgio Domenico Fossati ((1705-85), Swiss-born artist and architect.
[Ref: 54657] £340.00 (£408.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Northumberland House, Charing Cross. &c. Vüe de la Maison de Northumberland a Charing Cross.
Canaleti Pinx.t et Delin. In the Collection fof the Earl of Northumberland. J. Bowles Sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published 12.th. May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 395 x 265mm (15½ x 10½"). Frame: 555 x 420mm (22 x 16½"). Unexamined out of frame. Some rubbing.
A view of Northumberland House, the London residence of the Percy family. The house stood on the far western corner of the Strand and Charing Cross and was demolished in 1874 to create Northumberland Avenue.
[Ref: 40398] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Canaleti Pinx.t et Delin. In the Collection fof the Earl of Northumberland. J. Bowles Sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published 12.th. May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 395 x 265mm (15½ x 10½"). Frame: 555 x 420mm (22 x 16½"). Unexamined out of frame. Some rubbing.
A view of Northumberland House, the London residence of the Percy family. The house stood on the far western corner of the Strand and Charing Cross and was demolished in 1874 to create Northumberland Avenue.
[Ref: 40398] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Remains of the Great Temple in Palmira seen from the West. Les Ruins du Grand Temple dans Palmira du coté del'Occident. 1. The Temple of the Sun. 2. The great Column. 3. The Arch. 4. One side of the long Portico. 5. Columns which still support a considerable part of their Entablature. 6. A Building erected by the Turks.
[Printed for….in Fleet Street]. [n.d.1740].
Coloured engraving, trimmed to image and mounted for display at time of issue, title excised and pasted on verso. Image 251 x 375mm.
The temples of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert. The original colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 789] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed for….in Fleet Street]. [n.d.1740].
Coloured engraving, trimmed to image and mounted for display at time of issue, title excised and pasted on verso. Image 251 x 375mm.
The temples of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert. The original colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 789] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A General Prospect of Palmira from the North West.
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pompey the Little.
Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour, rare. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A small spaniel, the main character in Francis Coventry's hugely-successful satirical novel, 'The History of Pompey the Little; or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog', first published 1751. Pompey, born in Bologna ('a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages') describes society as he passes from owner to owner, exchanged for sexual favours, a gold watch and a pint of porter. Many of the human characters are thinly-veiled versions of society figures. The last edition was published in 1924.
[Ref: 32952] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour, rare. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A small spaniel, the main character in Francis Coventry's hugely-successful satirical novel, 'The History of Pompey the Little; or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog', first published 1751. Pompey, born in Bologna ('a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages') describes society as he passes from owner to owner, exchanged for sexual favours, a gold watch and a pint of porter. Many of the human characters are thinly-veiled versions of society figures. The last edition was published in 1924.
[Ref: 32952] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Prussian Grenadier. Being appointed on a dangerous expedition gives his Mistress his pipe and steel as a pledge of his love & token to remem.ber him provided he never returns.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse Cornhill. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint.360 x 255mm. Trimmed to platemark, edges knocked.
A camp scene, with a bulldog.
[Ref: 794] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse Cornhill. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint.360 x 255mm. Trimmed to platemark, edges knocked.
A camp scene, with a bulldog.
[Ref: 794] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ravenfield near Doncaster in York Shire, the Seat of Wardell George Westby Esq.
Tho.s Badeslade Delin. Tho.s Bowles Sculp.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 440 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), with very large margins. Tears in margins of centre fold.
A bird's-eye view of the county house at Ravenfield, from Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'. Originally published in three volumes between 1715-25, this plate comes from a fourth volume added 1739 and reissued with Volume Five, 1767-71.
[Ref: 45181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Tho.s Badeslade Delin. Tho.s Bowles Sculp.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 440 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), with very large margins. Tears in margins of centre fold.
A bird's-eye view of the county house at Ravenfield, from Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'. Originally published in three volumes between 1715-25, this plate comes from a fourth volume added 1739 and reissued with Volume Five, 1767-71.
[Ref: 45181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Church of St. Mary y.e Great at Rome With y.e additional Buildings on each side. Also y.e Antique Collumn brought hither from y.e Temple of Peace by Pope Paul V. L'Eglise de St. Marie Majeure a Rome avec les Batiments...
Piranesi Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
London. Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving on J Whatman Turkey Mill paper water marked 1819. Plate 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17), with large margins.
A view of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major and the piazza in Rome, with the antique column from the Forum of Vespasian.
[Ref: 56295] £320.00
Piranesi Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
London. Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving on J Whatman Turkey Mill paper water marked 1819. Plate 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17), with large margins.
A view of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major and the piazza in Rome, with the antique column from the Forum of Vespasian.
[Ref: 56295] £320.00
The Church of Santa Maria della Rotonda at Rome. It was the famous Pantheon of the Antients erected 30 years before the birth of our Saviour. L'Eglise de Santa Maria...
Seemond Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving, plate 285 x 425mm (11¼ x 16¾), with large margins.
A view of the Catholic church Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs which has been there since the year 609 and the square out front with the fountain. The site used to be a Roman temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian after it burnt down and probably dedicated c. 126 AD; the date of construction is unknown as Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple.
[Ref: 56296] £360.00
Seemond Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving, plate 285 x 425mm (11¼ x 16¾), with large margins.
A view of the Catholic church Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs which has been there since the year 609 and the square out front with the fountain. The site used to be a Roman temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian after it burnt down and probably dedicated c. 126 AD; the date of construction is unknown as Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple.
[Ref: 56296] £360.00
A View of S.t Martins Church, Also of the Arch of Septimus Severus, through which the Roman Generals marched... Vue L'Eglise de S.t Martin avec l'Arche de Septimus Severus... 6.
Piranesi delin.t. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving with hand colouring, plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Framed, size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Tear near top on right going into the sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, still half-buried. To the left is the Colonna di Foca (Phocas); to the right is the Chiesa Santi Luca e Martina martiri.
[Ref: 61280] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Piranesi delin.t. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving with hand colouring, plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Framed, size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Tear near top on right going into the sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, still half-buried. To the left is the Colonna di Foca (Phocas); to the right is the Chiesa Santi Luca e Martina martiri.
[Ref: 61280] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Magnificent Buildings of the Piazza Navona at Rome. Shewing ~ Les Batiments Superbes & Fountaines de la Place Navone a Rome. 1. Prince Pantilius Palace, 2. St Agnes Church. 3. St. James Church. 4. the Fountain of Neptune. 5. The fountain of Four Rivulets. 6. Another Fountain answering to that of Neptune.
G. Wouters Cavelier delin. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c. 1816]
Engraving with fine hand colouring, 280 x 430mm (11 x 17), watermarked '1816'. Repaired tear entering image.
The Piazza Navona, one of Rome's liveliest squares, with fountains by Bernini and his great rival Borromini.
[Ref: 57401] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Wouters Cavelier delin. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c. 1816]
Engraving with fine hand colouring, 280 x 430mm (11 x 17), watermarked '1816'. Repaired tear entering image.
The Piazza Navona, one of Rome's liveliest squares, with fountains by Bernini and his great rival Borromini.
[Ref: 57401] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View of S.t Martins Church, Also of the Arch of Septimus Severus, through which the Roman Generals marched in their triumphs to the Capitol.
Piranesi delin.t. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving with hand colour. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), large margins.
A view of the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, still half-buried. To the left is the Colonna di Foca (Phocas); to the right is the Chiesa Santi Luca e Martina. A copy of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's ''Arco di Settimio Severo'', 1759.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray.
[Ref: 62131] £320.00
Piranesi delin.t. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving with hand colour. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), large margins.
A view of the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, still half-buried. To the left is the Colonna di Foca (Phocas); to the right is the Chiesa Santi Luca e Martina. A copy of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's ''Arco di Settimio Severo'', 1759.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray.
[Ref: 62131] £320.00
A View of Marcellus's Theatre at Rome.
Piranesi delin. T. Bowles sculp.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London. Publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Engraving with hand-colouring. 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with wide margins. Tear extending into image on left. Slight foxing.
The ancient theatre of Marcellusin Rome. Named after Marcus Marcellus, Augustus' nephew, who died five years before the theatre was completed, it was formally inaugurated in 12BC by Augustus. Engraving purporting to be after G.B. Piranesi, although differing in many ways from Piranesi's print of the building. Piranesi's name may have been used to give the impression of greater authenticity. One of a series of views re-published by Laurie & Whittle in the 1790s.
[Ref: 23149] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Piranesi delin. T. Bowles sculp.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London. Publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Engraving with hand-colouring. 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with wide margins. Tear extending into image on left. Slight foxing.
The ancient theatre of Marcellusin Rome. Named after Marcus Marcellus, Augustus' nephew, who died five years before the theatre was completed, it was formally inaugurated in 12BC by Augustus. Engraving purporting to be after G.B. Piranesi, although differing in many ways from Piranesi's print of the building. Piranesi's name may have been used to give the impression of greater authenticity. One of a series of views re-published by Laurie & Whittle in the 1790s.
[Ref: 23149] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside of the Pantheon at Rome. Le dedans du Pantheon a Rome. 5.
G.P. Panini Pinx.t. Bowles Sculp.t
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame. Small tears on left just going into the image.
The interior of the Pantheon, looking up to the famous domed roof with the hole, after Giovanni Paolo Pannini. Built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 27 BC and restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 120, the Pantheon stands as one of Rome's most impressive temples.
[Ref: 61276] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G.P. Panini Pinx.t. Bowles Sculp.t
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame. Small tears on left just going into the image.
The interior of the Pantheon, looking up to the famous domed roof with the hole, after Giovanni Paolo Pannini. Built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 27 BC and restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 120, the Pantheon stands as one of Rome's most impressive temples.
[Ref: 61276] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Ælian Bridge and Castle of S.t Angelo, with part of the City of Rome.
Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 __ in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 290 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Castel Sant'Angelo (the former mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian) and the Aelian Bridge, with the Vatican behind.
[Ref: 61298] £320.00
Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 __ in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 290 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Castel Sant'Angelo (the former mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian) and the Aelian Bridge, with the Vatican behind.
[Ref: 61298] £320.00
The Church of St. Mary ye Great at Rome With ye additional Buildlings on each side. Also ye Antique Collumn brought hither from ye Temple of Peace, by Pope Paul V. L'Eglise de St. Mary... 7.
Piranesi Delin. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
View of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome; with the column from the Basilica of Constantine in the left foreground, a fountain, rubble and many people, with other city buildings to left and beyond.
[Ref: 61279] £320.00
Piranesi Delin. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
View of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome; with the column from the Basilica of Constantine in the left foreground, a fountain, rubble and many people, with other city buildings to left and beyond.
[Ref: 61279] £320.00
The Church of St. Peter at Rome. L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome. 1.
Bowles delin & Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Unexamined out of frame.
View of St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome from Via della Conciliazone; figures in the square, a small procession on the steps in front of the basilica.
[Ref: 61278] £320.00
Bowles delin & Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Unexamined out of frame.
View of St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome from Via della Conciliazone; figures in the square, a small procession on the steps in front of the basilica.
[Ref: 61278] £320.00
The Church of St. Peter at Rome. L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome. 1.
[Engraved by Thomas Bowles]
London Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with hand colour. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), with large margins.
View of St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome from Via della Conciliazone; figures in the square, a small procession on the steps in front of the basilica.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62132] £320.00
[Engraved by Thomas Bowles]
London Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with hand colour. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), with large margins.
View of St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome from Via della Conciliazone; figures in the square, a small procession on the steps in front of the basilica.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62132] £320.00
![[Trevi Fountain] The Great Cascade of Spring Water at Rome, call'd Travi Fountain.](jpegs/61294.jpg)
[Trevi Fountain] The Great Cascade of Spring Water at Rome, call'd Travi Fountain.
Nicol Salvi Architectura delin. Bowles sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, at N.o 58, Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 290 x 430mm (11½ x 17"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The Trevi Fountain, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762, in front of the Palazzo Poli.
[Ref: 61294] £320.00
Nicol Salvi Architectura delin. Bowles sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, at N.o 58, Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 290 x 430mm (11½ x 17"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The Trevi Fountain, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762, in front of the Palazzo Poli.
[Ref: 61294] £320.00
A View of the Seat of Belvedere in Vaticano near Rome. Vue de la Maison de Belvedere dans la Vatican aupres de Rome.
Piranese delin. T. Bowles fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament November, 12. 1750. [London, Printed for Robt Sayer Map & Print Seller opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, and I.G.Printseller in St Anns Court Dean Street Soho.]
Hand-coloured engraving, with black borders. Plate 274 x 431mm. 10¾ x 17".
Elevated perspective view of formal garden, buildings and surrounding landscape of the Belvedere in the Vatican. A copy in the same direction of the etching by Piranesi from the 'Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna' of 1741-8.
[Ref: 25566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Piranese delin. T. Bowles fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament November, 12. 1750. [London, Printed for Robt Sayer Map & Print Seller opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, and I.G.Printseller in St Anns Court Dean Street Soho.]
Hand-coloured engraving, with black borders. Plate 274 x 431mm. 10¾ x 17".
Elevated perspective view of formal garden, buildings and surrounding landscape of the Belvedere in the Vatican. A copy in the same direction of the etching by Piranesi from the 'Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna' of 1741-8.
[Ref: 25566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside of S.t Pauls Church in Rome built by Constantine the Great. L'Interieur de L'Eglise de S.t Paul a Rome... 8.
Piranesi delin. Bowles sculp.
Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined outside of frame. Glass cracked.
An interior view of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
[Ref: 61275] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Piranesi delin. Bowles sculp.
Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined outside of frame. Glass cracked.
An interior view of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
[Ref: 61275] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside View of the Royal Exchange at London. Veue du dedans de la Bourse Royale a Londres.
Bowles Delin et Sculpt.
London, Printed for Bowles and Carver 69 St Paul's Church, R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill amd Laurie & Whittle 53, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1794].
Coloured engraving. 285 x 425mm (11¼ x 16¾"). A few marks in title, top corners of margins snipped.
A view of the interior courtyard of London's second Royal Exchange, designed by Edward Jerman and opened in 1669, destroyed by fire in 1838.
[Ref: 59819] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Bowles Delin et Sculpt.
London, Printed for Bowles and Carver 69 St Paul's Church, R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill amd Laurie & Whittle 53, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1794].
Coloured engraving. 285 x 425mm (11¼ x 16¾"). A few marks in title, top corners of margins snipped.
A view of the interior courtyard of London's second Royal Exchange, designed by Edward Jerman and opened in 1669, destroyed by fire in 1838.
[Ref: 59819] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A View of St. James's Square London ~ Vue de la Place de Ste. Jacques a Londres.
J. Bowels Delin. et Sculp.
London, Printed for R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, Bowles & Carver 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, and Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1752; but later c.1800.]
Copper engraving, printed on J. Whatman paper. Plate 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Lightly toned. Small crease into sky.
A view of St James's Square with a circular pond in the centre; a boy with a hoop on the pavement in the foreground, sedan chairs and carriages, other people on horses and staff in the square.
[Ref: 21387] £380.00
J. Bowels Delin. et Sculp.
London, Printed for R. Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, Bowles & Carver 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, and Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1752; but later c.1800.]
Copper engraving, printed on J. Whatman paper. Plate 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Lightly toned. Small crease into sky.
A view of St James's Square with a circular pond in the centre; a boy with a hoop on the pavement in the foreground, sedan chairs and carriages, other people on horses and staff in the square.
[Ref: 21387] £380.00
The Church of Santa Maria della Rotonda at Rome. It was the famous Pantheon of the Antients erected 30 years before the birth of our Saviour. L'Eglise de Santa Maria... 4.
Seemond Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Catholic church Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs which has been there since the year 609 and the square out front with the fountain. The site used to be a Roman temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). It was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian after it burnt down and probably dedicated c. 126 AD; the date of construction is unknown as Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple.
[Ref: 61282] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Seemond Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Catholic church Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs which has been there since the year 609 and the square out front with the fountain. The site used to be a Roman temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). It was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian after it burnt down and probably dedicated c. 126 AD; the date of construction is unknown as Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple.
[Ref: 61282] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside of S.t Peters Church at Rome. Le Neff de S.t Pierre a Rome. 2.
Bowles delin et sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Tears on right just entering the image. Unexamined out of frame.
An interior view of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican.
[Ref: 61281] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Bowles delin et sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Tears on right just entering the image. Unexamined out of frame.
An interior view of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican.
[Ref: 61281] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Tommy Playfair, drawn by his Favourite Dog.
Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 165 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A boy in a haycart drawn by a dog. Playfair appears to have been a well-known character: Robert Dighton the Elder drew a scene called 'Tommy Playfair's Cart'.
[Ref: 32846] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 165 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A boy in a haycart drawn by a dog. Playfair appears to have been a well-known character: Robert Dighton the Elder drew a scene called 'Tommy Playfair's Cart'.
[Ref: 32846] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)