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BOWLER, Thomas William.
South African Sketches a Series of Ten of the most interesting Views at the Cape of Good Hope.
Born in England T.W. Bowler (1812–1869) emigrated to South Africa in 1833. He worked first at the Cape Town observatory, then as a tutor to the children of Captain Wolfe, commandant of the prison settlement on Robben Island in Table Bay, before establishing himself as a landscape artist and drawing master. A scarce book.
- Published
- London: Day & Son, Ackermann & Co., and S. Robertson of Capetown, 1854.
- References
- Abbey Travel 343; Gordon Brown, pp. 50, 56-7; Kenney Catalogue of Prints in the South African Museum, Johannesburg, 1975, I B254-263; Bobins 81.
- Plates
- 9 + title
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Day & Son, Ackermann & Co., and S. Robertson of Capetown, 1854.
- Ref
- 5029
Folio, nine hand-coloured lithographs engraved by J. Needham after sketches by Bowler and lithographed by Day & Son, including title, red cloth-backed thin card wrappers, modern tan cloth folder, and slipcase with morocco label on spine. He painted a panorama of the district and published in 1844 Four Views of Cape Town (see above); also, this series of ten lithographs of scenes at the Cape of Good Hope in 1865 and the Kafir Wars, a series of 20 views with descriptive letterpress by W.R. Thomson. He exhibited two of his Cape views at the Royal Academy in 1860 (DNB). Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. From Wynberg Hill, False Bay in the distance. 3. Table Bay, from Robben Island. 4. Kalk Bay - Evening. 5. Royal Observatory, looking westward. 6. Great Constantia, the property of J.P. Cloete, Esq. 7. Table bay, from Blue Berg. 8. Admiralty House - entrance to Simon's Town. 9. Castle, Cape Town, from the S.E. angle of the Parade. 10. Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
