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C1752
A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariners Compass
Mapmaker:
Map and printseller, engraver to George II of England Louis XV of France and worked in London from about 1714 to 1767. He died in 1767 in reduced circumstances. 32 point windrose set on a Trompe-l’oeil "paper sheet", with a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariners Compass
Date:
C1752
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Image Size:
130mm
x 195mm
Frame Size:
295mm
x 353mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1752
Description:
Map and printseller, engraver to George II of England Louis XV of France and worked in London from about 1714 to 1767. He died in 1767 in reduced circumstances. 32 point windrose set on a Trompe-l’oeil "paper sheet", with a fabric banner title, and two small figures holding mapping tools looking over a compass. A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions. Arab navigators in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, who depended on celestial navigation, were using a 32-point sidereal compass rose before the end of the C10th.
Emmanuel Bowen (1693 - 1767)
Bowen was an engraver, cartographer, publisher and print seller. Born in Wales the son of Owen Bowen, gentleman of Talley, Carmarthen. Apprenticed (Merchant Taylor) to Charles Price 1709. He married Elizabeth Boreman 1715 at St. Andew by the Wardrobe in 1716. He was warden of the Masonic Lodge IX in 1723 and master of a Masonic lodge in Carmarthen in 1726. He appeared on Samuel Sympson's list of the leading London engravers compiled in about 1726. He produced numerous maps and atlases during his career.
