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

Thomas Pownall, Esq.r

Date1777
Engraver Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822)
After work by Francis Cotes (1726-1770)
Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Publisher John Bennett (fl. 1760 - 1787)
Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794) & John Bennett (fl. 1760-1787)
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.
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:
1776
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...
1755
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)
1749
TC2000-0591
PLAN/ of the/ CITY of NEW YORK,/ in/ NORTH AMERICA:/ Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
January 12, 1776
DOS2005-PC-347
His Excellency Arthur Dobbs Esq.r
1753-1765 (Second state)
TC2001-0064
A New and Exact MAP of the DOMINIONS/ of the KING of GREAT BRITAIN/ on y.e Continent of NORTH AMERICA.
After 1735; originally published 1715
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.
December 1, 1777
Map 1988-23
The PROVINCES of/ NEW YORK,/ and NEW JERSEY;/ with part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ and the Province of QUEBEC.
August 17, 1776
Map 1973-322
A MAP of/ SOUTH CAROLINA/ And a PART of/ GEORGIA./ containing the Whole/ Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes,/ Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges:/ AS ALSO,/ Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines...
1757
1950-396, Map
AN ACCURATE MAP/ OF/ NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA/ WITH THEIR INDIAN FRONTIERS,/ Shewing in a distinct manner all the/ MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, SWAMPS, MARSHES, BAYS, CREEKS,/ HARBOURS, SANDBANKS and SOUNDINGS on the COASTS;/ with/ the ROADS and INDIAN PATHS;
May 30, 1775
DOS2005-PC-161
Sir Walter Ralegh
1735
2019-49, Map
A Map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads and Bridges: As Also, Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines, and the Names of the Propietors. Composed From Surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull Esq. Lieutenant Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq.; and William De Brahm Esqr. Surveyor General of the Southn. District of North America, Republished with considerable Additions, from the Surveys made & collected by John Stuart Esqr. His Majesty's Superintendant of Indian Affairs. By William Faden Successor to the late T. Jefferys, Geographer to the King. Charing Cross 1780.
1780