undated
Folder 6
GUSN-370296
Abel Bowen, delineator and scrivener. Engraving. Tinted. Unframed. Image 3 ¼ x 6 inches.
exterior views
engravings (prints)
engravings (prints)
1 print : tinted; 3 ¼ x 6 inches
The materials in this collection were collected by Anne Booth in the 1970s to early 1980s, mostly purchased at Goodspeed's Book Shop and Haley & Steele.
GC012
Anne Booth graphic collection
2018
GC012.01.09
Gift
undated
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850 (Delineator)
Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850 (Copyist)
engravings (prints)
Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850
Item description from original donor.
Item
Folder 6
Abel Bowen (1790-1850) was a New York-born engraver, lithographer, publisher, and antiquarian who relocated to Boston, Mass., at the beginning of the 19th century. Bowen would go on to become a leading engraver in Boston, as well as an instructor and mentor to many of the city's future engravers. Bowen was also involved in the founding of the Boston Bewick Company in 1834.
Bowen, Abel. (1957). In G. C. Groce & D. H. Wallce (eds.), The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860 (p. 70). Yale University Press.
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