Thomas Bowen (engraver)
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Thomas Bowen (died 1790) was a Welsh engraver of charts. He was the son of Emanuel Bowen (1693/4–1767),[1] map engraver to George II and Louis XV.
He died in Clerkenwell workhouse early in 1790.
Works
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He engraved:
- the maps and charts of the West Indies, published by the direction of the government from the surveys of Captain James Speer;
- maps of the country twenty miles round London and of the road between London and St. David's, about 1750;
- a 'New Projection of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres of the Earth,' 1776; and
- an 'Accurate Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia,' 1778.
- "A New & Accurate Map Of Europe From The Latest Improvements And Regulated By Astronomical Observations", engraved for Mountague's History of England.[2]
- An 'English map of Persia and the Garden of Eden,' 1780
He contributed to George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's Survey and Maps of the Roads of North Britain in 1776.
References
- ^ Roberts, Iolo; Roberts, Menai (2004). "Bowen, Emanuel (1693/4–1767), engraver and map maker". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3035. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "antique old historic maps map Europe Continent". www.garwood-voigt.com.
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bowen, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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