The Inside View of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast / Vue de la Compagnée a Dejeuner dans le Rotonde au Mellieux des Jardins de Ranelagh

Location

Country: Turkey
City: Ankara
Place: British Embassy

Thomas Bowles, designer and engraver, was the son a print publisher, also named Thomas Bowles (1689/90-1767). Bowles junior was born in London and trained as an engraver. He engraved botanical plates for ‘Pomona, or, The Fruit-Garden Illustrated’ (1729) and produced numerous topographical engravings. Bowles is chiefly known for his designs for 30 published views of the principal buildings in London, most of which he engraved himself. He was also a skilled scene painter. He died in December 1762 and was survived by his wife, Margaret, and his father.

Places

England, London

Subjects

orchestra, violin, flute, musician, topography, fire, man, woman, girl, fan, dining/eating, chandelier, bench, table (as Subject)

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Thomas Bowles (1712 - 1767)

Title

The Inside View of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast / Vue de la Compagnée a Dejeuner dans le Rotonde au Mellieux des Jardins de Ranelagh

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 28.50 cm, width: 40.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Baynton-Williams, February 1977

GAC number

12808