| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | [Anonymous] |
| Published | Printed for Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church yard, London. [c.1770] |
| Dimensions | Image 132 x 110 mm, Sheet 148 x 113 mm |
| Notes |
A scarce miniature mezzotint droll of a large man wearing an unbuttoned coat and bulging waistcoat, laughing with his hands upon his stomach. The printer and publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793) was the son of the printer John Bowles, to whom he was apprenticed in 1741. In 1752 until c.1762, they became a partnership known as John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse, Cornhill, London. Carington left the partnership in order to take over the business of his uncle, Thomas Bowles II in St Paul's Churchyard. When Carington died in 1793 the business passed to his son (Henry) Carington Bowles. BM Satires undescribed, Lennox-Boyd ii/ii, Carington Bowles (1790) 180 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to platemark. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £175.00 |
| Stock ID | 33421 |