Title from item., Originally published by Thomas Bowles in 1720. See the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Publication date of this edition inferred from Carington Bowles's separation of his business from his father's in 1764., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered in lower right corner: 89., Nine lines of text below image: Here is represented Fortune conducted by Folly who is well known, by her ordinary attributes and her ample hoop petticoat, which is also a folly of the times. The chair is drawn by the principal company's who began this pernicious trade as [the] Mississippi with a wooden leg, South Sea with a sore-leg and a ligament upon another ..., Later state, by a different publisher. Cf. No. 1629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: car -- Personifications: Fame -- Folly -- Bank of England -- Assurance -- East India Company as a Chinese man -- Mississippi Company as a native man with a wooden leg -- West Indies Company as a native (Indian) man -- Devil -- Emblems: serpent -- Furniture: table -- Ladderback chairs -- Mottoes: desinit in luctum species formosa superne., Watermark: Band., and Window mounted to 27 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
"View of Twickenham, looking over the River Thames; the houses on the opposite shore reflected in the water; a barge and rowing boat in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe du village de Twickenham
Description:
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1447., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 19, "William, 2d E. of Strafford (n.c.)," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles in Cornhil [sic], & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
Title from item. and Publication date based on Carington Bowles's succession to Thomas Bowles's business in 1764. See Ian Maxted's The London book trades, 1775-1800, p. 25.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England), and Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Legislative bodies, Legislative hearings, and Trials, litigation, etc
"View in the park with spectators watching the parade, as George II makes his way to the House of Lords, showing the Horse Guards and the Treasury"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la parade dans le Parc de St. James : le Treser, le nouveau batiment de Gardes a Cheval, et la procession du Roy allant a la Chambre des Seigneurs
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state of a print originally published in 1753. See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "35" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
"View looking down Fenchurch Street; the hall on the right with pediment at top above four Ionic pillasters, shop signs jutting out from buildings on the left, carts and carriages in street."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Halle des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 6" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 11875,0710.4909., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., "The design copied from a print published at mid-century by John Bowles"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 25 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers (London, England)
published according to act of Parliament, March 1st, 1759 [i.e. not before 1764]
Call Number:
Topos Su962 no. 17++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of a mansion in the background to left, with ladies and gentlemen on a path bordering a stream, sheep grazing, two ladies with a dog to left, a shepherd, milkmaid and three cows to right; state with Carington Bowles included as an independent publisher."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Woobourn in Surrey, the seat of Philip Southcote Esqr and Vüe de Woobourn dans la comté de Surry, maison et jardin magnifique de Philip Southcote Ecuyer
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles in Cornhil [sic], Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, Heny. Parker in Cornhil [sic], & John Boydell in Cheapside
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1753. and [not printed before 1764]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 22+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View the Thames with the old Custom House on the left, and the Tower in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de la Doane et une partie de la Tour, prise de la Riviere Thamise a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of printing based on printsellers' street addresses. See British Museum online catalogue., Later state of a print originally published in 1753 with the publication line "London, Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles and Son in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, and Heny. Overton without Newgate." See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "26" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles in Cornhil [sic], and Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
"View of the grand house fronting the Thames, seen from the river; barges and other boats in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Maison du Comte de Radnor a Twickenham
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., No. 4, "Thomas Pitt," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 5, "Radnor House," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: G.R.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1753 [printed not before 1764]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 94+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior view of the church of St Stephen Walbrook; large Corinthian columns supporting upper gallery; dome over centre, groups of people stroll through space"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe du dedans de l'eglise de St. Etienne Walbrook a Londres
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of printing based on printsellers' street addresses. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1753 with the publication line "London: Printed for & Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street." See British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "14" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill, Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
