"BOWLES'S ONE-SHEET plan of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER with the BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK; comprehending their Outskirts and Extent of the THAMES from Chelsea to Deptford. EXHIBITING ALSO THE NEW BUILDINGS, ROADS, and other Alterations."
A spectacular early map of London and Westminster; printed, hand-coloured and sold in 1800 by Bowles & Carver printers, N69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London, decorated with a cartouche with figures of geographers at work in the upper corner (names of parishes in red were added later).
Printed area (image as on the main picture) measures:
XLarge poster 33.7x23.7 inch / 85.6x60.3 cm (approx. same sheet size)
Bowles printers - the Bowles were prolific English publishers active in London for over a century. The family business was established by Thomas Bowles in 17th century and transferred to his son Thomas II in about 1714. The core of their business was publishing and map selling and their shop selling prints and maps was located in busy St. Paul's Church Yard, in the very heart of the City of London. Thomas II Bowles became a very successful London print-seller and publisher, having expanded to various formats of maps of London and environs, pocket folding maps, British Isles and world maps, and a number of atlas projects. His brother John Bowles (1701-1799) started a separate map publishing and selling business and has produced large amount of new and interesting maps. In about 1753 he was joined in partnership with his son Carington as John Bowles & Son. It was Carington Bowles who further expanded the family business in 18th century and published updated maps of London and the world, and experimented with caricature prints. Carington Bowles was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763 - 1852) and Samuel Carver, who mostly used the existing plate stock for printing and selling maps in the famous shop.
This poster is a high quality "giclee" reproduction of a restored antique original, custom-printed on Standard Single-weight Matt Coated art paper 140gsm ( flexible option, easier to tack directly to a wall but could also be framed). We use the latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour permanence (up to 200 years fade-proof for colour prints).
If you are going to frame this print we recommend you to check our other listing for same print on Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (more of a thin card density) or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm. All our giclee prints are of the same high quality.
POSTER PRINT QUALITY
Please note that our reproduction posters are made to order and every print is checked before posting. The images we use in most cases are scans of antique originals, professionally restored in order to remove the most evident stains, folds, tears and other damage. We strive to balance the restoration and saving the overall integrity and antique appearance of the original. Our restored images are unique and these prints can be purchased only from VictorianMaps.
There will be no watermark on your image but there might be a white border depending on aspect ratio of the original. Please note that when a large antique original is reduced to a smaller size print some text may not be readable. Please check our measurements: every poster has its own aspect ratio same as original and printed exactly as pictured.
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