Lot 9: BOWLER (THOMAS WILLIAM) Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs

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SCARCE COMPLETE SUITE OF PLATES DEPICTING THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE BY "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS" (Abbey). Born in England T.W. Bowler (1812–1869) emigrated to South Africa in 1833. He worked first at the Cape Town observatory, then as 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. Comprises: Boor's Waggon (title); Table Bay, Blue Berg; Royal Observatory, Looking Westward; Table Bay, from Robben Island; From Wynberg Hill, False Bay in the Distance; Great Constantia, the Property of J.P. Cloete, Esq.; Admiralty House - Entrance to Simon's Town; Castle, Cape-Town, from the S.E. Angle of the Parade; Botanical Gardens, Cape Town; Kalk Bay - Evening.