Antique Print-GRAND-ENTRY-ALLIED-SOVEREIGNS-LEIPZIG-Bowyer-1815

Medium: Line and aquatint etching with hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 55 x 70 cm (21.65 x 27.56 inch). Image size: 34 x 50.7 cm. (13.39 x 19.96 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, with minimal creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BATTLE OF LEIPZIG, NAPOLEONIC WARS, ALLIED SOVEREIGNS, 1813, EUROPEAN HISTORY, MILITARY PARADE, LEIPZIG, HISTORICAL PRINT, ROBERT BOWYER, BRITISH PRINTS | MAP-BOWYER

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Bowyer, Robert (1758-1834). An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, during the Years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, the Battle of Leipsic, etc. etc. etc. Together with a History of those Momentous Transactions. London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for R. Bowyer, Marlborough Place, Pall Mall. 1815.

This forms the second part of a work of which the first part is The triumphs of Europe, in the campaigns of the years 1812, 1813, 1814 (paged continuously with the present work) and the third part is The campaign of Waterloo.

Biography engraver: Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) was a British miniature painter and print publisher. He initially gained recognition for his portrait miniatures, painting the likes of Lord Nelson and the Duke of Rutland. In the 1790s, he shifted to print publishing, producing illustrated works such as an edition of the Bible and Hume’s The History of England. His “Historic Gallery” in Pall Mall displayed commissioned works for these publications. Later in life, he became involved in religious causes and missionary work.