An Accurate Map of the East Riding of Yorkshire

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Emanuel Bowen was born in South Wales. He began his career as an apprentice to globe and instrument maker Charles Price. During his apprenticeship, he engraved maps for an ‘Atlas of the World’ (1717). In 1729 he produced his own ‘New and Accurate Map of South Wales’ and five topographical views of Welsh towns. He later drew 70 maps for his ‘Complete System of Geography’ (1744-47) and made a set of county maps for the ‘Large English Atlas’ (1760), in collaboration with map-maker Thomas Kitchen. Despite achieving the distinction of becoming geographer to George II in around 1747, Bowen’s obituary of 1767 stated that he died in ‘reduced circumstances’ - the result of ‘family extravagances’. His son, Thomas, was also an engraver and map-maker.

Places

England, Hull, Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Humber Estuary, North Sea

Subjects

map (as Subject), cartouche, landscape C18th, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, river, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Emanuel Bowen (1693/4 - 1767)

Title

An Accurate Map of the East Riding of Yorkshire

Date

published 1753

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Francis Edwards, November 1949

GAC number

986