Thomas Bowen (engraver)
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Thomas Bowen was an English engraver of charts. He was the son of Emanuel Bowen
(1693/4–1767), map engraver to George II and Louis XV.
He died in Clerkenwell
workhouse early in 1790.
He contributed to George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's Survey and Maps of the Roads of North Britain in 1776.
Emanuel Bowen
Emanuel Bowen was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France as a geographerHe published a 'Complete Atlas of Geography,' 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745; a 'Complete Atlas .....
(1693/4–1767), map engraver to George II and Louis XV.
He died in Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...
workhouse early in 1790.
Works
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.
He contributed to George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's Survey and Maps of the Roads of North Britain in 1776.