A View of Leicester Square, London / Vue de la Place de Leicester a Londres

Location

Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy

Thomas Bowles, designer and engraver, was the son a print publisher, also named Thomas Bowles (1689/90-1767). Bowles junior was born in London and trained as an engraver. He engraved botanical plates for ‘Pomona, or, The Fruit-Garden Illustrated’ (1729) and produced numerous topographical engravings. Bowles is chiefly known for his designs for 30 published views of the principal buildings in London, most of which he engraved himself. He was also a skilled scene painter. He died in December 1762 and was survived by his wife, Margaret, and his father.

Places

England, London, Leicester Square

Subjects

carriage, sedan chair, horseback, cart, statue (as Subject), topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, cow, dog, horse, sheep, boy, man, woman, 18th century costume, dress, walking stick, garden, public square, bollard, pavement, house, church, spire, cobbles, chimney

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Thomas Bowles (1712 - 1767)

Title

A View of Leicester Square, London / Vue de la Place de Leicester a Londres

Date

published 1753

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Vicars Bros., March 1957

GAC number

3771