Bowles's One-Sheet Plan of LONDON and WESTMINSTER with the borough of SOUTHWARK - a map by Bowles, 1800 art print poster gift

"BOWLES'S ONE-SHEET plan of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER with the BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK; comprehending their Outskirts and Extent of the THAMES from Chelsea to Deptford. EXHIBITING ALSO THE NEW BUILDINGS, ROADS, and other Alterations" - a beautifully decorated map of Georgian London and Westminster, a cartouche with figures of geographers at work in the upper corner; printed, hand-coloured and sold in 1800 by Bowles & Carver printers, N69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Names of parishes in red were added later.

Bowles printers - the Bowles were prolific English publishers active in London for over a century. The family business was established by Thomas Bowles in 17th century and transferred to his son Thomas II in about 1714. The core of their business was publishing and map selling and their shop selling prints and maps was located in busy St. Paul's Church Yard, in the very heart of the City of London. Thomas II Bowles became a very successful London print-seller and publisher, having expanded to various formats of maps of London and environs, pocket folding maps, British Isles and world maps, and a number of atlas projects. His brother John Bowles (1701-1799) started a separate map publishing and selling business and has produced large amount of new and interesting maps. In about 1753 he was joined in partnership with his son Carington as John Bowles & Son. It was Carington Bowles who further expanded the family business in 18th century and published updated maps of London and the world, and experimented with caricature prints. Carington Bowles was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763 - 1852) and Samuel Carver, who mostly used the existing plate stock for printing and selling maps in the famous shop.

This poster is a high quality "giclée" reproduction of a restored antique original, custom-printed on Standard Single-weight Matt Coated art paper 140gsm or  Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (more of a thin card density), or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm, according to your choice. We use the latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour  permanence (up to 200 years fade-proof for colour prints).  This poster is suitable for mounting and framing, as well as direct display on a wall.