The north prospect of London taken from the bowling green at Islington Vüe de Nord de la ville de Londre / [graphic] =

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Title: The north prospect of London taken from the bowling green at Islington Vüe de Nord de la ville de Londre / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Vüe de Nord de la ville de Londre
Creator: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker
Contributor: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, artist, publisher.
John Bowles & Son, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1752 [i.e. not after 1764]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Thos. Bowles in St. Paul Church Yard & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic]
Abstract: "View looking across the City of London from the New River Head, Islington; St Paul's at mid-distance to the left of centre, the River Thames beyond; fields in foreground with the mill and waterworks in centre"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Description: Title from caption below image.
Terminal date of publication based on inclusion of "& Son" after John Bowles's name in imprint. See British Museum online catalogue.
Later state, with addition of "& Son" to John Bowles's name in publication line, of a print published in 1752. See British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge.
Mounted to 36 x 48 cm.
Provenance: Suckling; November 1936.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.9 x 44 cm
Language: English

Genre: Cityscapes England London
Bird's-eye views England London
Etchings England London 1764
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London
England > London > 1764

Access: Public
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