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DOS2005-PC-305
Thomas Pownall, Esq.r
DOS2005-PC-305

Thomas Pownall, Esq.r

Date1777
Engraver 1743 - 1822
After work by
Publisher
Publisher fl. 1760 - 1787
Publisher
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint and line engraving
DimensionsOH: 16 7/8" x OW: 12"; Plate: H: 15 1/2" x OW: 11"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1975-3
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Cotes pinxt./ Earlom fecit/ THOMAS POWNALL Esq.r/ MEMBER of PARLIAMENT,/ Late Governor Captain General and/ Commander in Chief ; and Vice Admiral/ of His MAJESTY'S Provinces Massachusetts Bay/ & South Carolina; & Lieut.t GOVERNOR of New Jersey./ LONDON. Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett N.o 53 Fleet Street:/ as the Act directs 5.th June.1777."Label TextThomas Pownall (1722-1805) was a British public official who served as the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey in 1755, served as the governor of the Provice of Massachysetts Bay from 1757 to 1760, and served on the House of Commons 1767-1780. Prior to the French and Indian War, he travelled extensively throughout the American Colonies, publishing his drawings in a series of prints "Scenographia Americana." He funded Lewis Evans' 1755 map of North America.ProvenanceBefore 1975, Bookpress, Ltd. (Williamsburg, VA); 1975-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
KC1973-342
THE/ AMERICAN/ Military Pocket Atlas;/ BEING/ An approved Collection of Correct MAPS,/ BOTH GENERAL AND PARTICULAR,/ OF/ THE BRITISH COLONIES;/ Especially those which now are, or probably may be/ THE THEATRE OF WAR:
Robert Sayer (1725-1794) & John Bennett (fl. 1760-1787)
1776
1956-137, Print
To his Excellency James Glen Esq. Capt. General, Governour, & Commander in Chief in, and over his Majestys Province of South Carolina, and Vice Admiral within the same. This Prospect of Charles Town (Charleston)
William Henry Toms (fl. 1723-1758)
1749
1984-44, Map
A Prospective Plan of the Battle fought near LAKE GEORGE on the 8.th of September 1755, between 2000 English with 250/ Mohawks under the Command of General Johnson and 2500 French and Indians under the Command of General DIESKAU...
Samuel Blodgett
1755
TC2000-0591
PLAN/ of the/ CITY of NEW YORK,/ in/ NORTH AMERICA:/ Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
Bernard Ratzer
January 12, 1776
1995-205, Print
His Excellency Arthur Dobbs Esq.r
James McArdell
1753-1765
KC1976-98
Sir Jeffrey Amherst
James Watson
ca. 1765
2002-49, Map
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN/ By GOVERNOR POWNALL F.R.S.
Governor Thomas Pownall (bapt. 1722-1805)
September 20, 1787
TC2001-0064
A New and Exact MAP of the DOMINIONS/ of the KING of GREAT BRITAIN/ on y.e Continent of NORTH AMERICA.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
After 1735; originally published 1715
2019-70, Map Sampler
Sampler, Map of the Eastern Half of the United States by Ann E. Colson
Ann E. Colson
1809
Map 1988-23
The PROVINCES of/ NEW YORK,/ and NEW JERSEY;/ with part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ and the Province of QUEBEC.
Major Samuel Holland (1728-1801)
August 17, 1776
THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS.
THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS.
William Faden (1750-1836)
December 1, 1777
D2006-CMD-011
The Most Noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis, &c.&c.
John & Josiah Boydell
September 1, 1798