Description

Thomas Bowles (1716-1762)

Thomas Bowles: View of the Royal Invalid Hospital in Chelsea and the Rotunda in Raneleagh Gardens near London, 1751

Original etching – Optical view 18th century

Nice proof on laid paper, period colors very fresh. Publisher: “Et à Paris chez Mesard rue Greneta à la Renomée de la Cornemuse”. On the right under the print, one can read ‘T. Bonles deli. et sculpsit, London’.

Good margins. Leaf size : H. 315 mm x W. 453 mm – at the cupper plate size : H. 260 mm x W. 403 mm.

Condition : a few small cuts in the margins.