Digital Image: 1779 London Magazine View of Charleston, South Carolina (after Bishop Roberts)
Charlestown-londonmagazine-1779_d
Title
An Exact Prospect of Charlestown, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina.
1779 (undated) 6.75 x 20 in (17.145 x 50.8 cm)
1779 (undated) 6.75 x 20 in (17.145 x 50.8 cm)
Description
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Cartographer S
Bishop Roberts (? - 1740) was an American artist active in Charlestown, South Carolina. Very little is known of his life, but he advertised his services (portraits, landscapes, heraldry, drawings, engravings; and as well to paint houses) in 1735. He produced a watercolor panorama of the coastline of Charleston sometime between 1735 and 1739. (The original is now held in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection.) A large printed version of this work on four sheets appears to have been engraved by W. H. Toms, which was available as early as 1740. We are aware of one example of this four-sheet panorama to have survived, also at Colonial Williamsburg. Its 1739-40 dating is indicated by announcements printed by Robert’s widow, Mary Roberts, advertising that her husband's subscribers should pick up (and pay for) the prints so that she could settle his estate. Mary Roberts (died 1761) was herself an artist, one of the earliest American miniaturists, and the first recorded woman working in the medium in the colonies. More by this mapmaker...
William Henry Toms (1701 - 1765) was an English engraver, print seller, publisher and stationer active in London during the early to middle 18h century. The son of Peter Toms, Henry apprenticed under John Harris from 1716. He was engraving independently from at least 1726 and his imprint appears on portraits, books plates, landscapes, maps and architectural prints. His name appears on the great Popple map of North America as well as on important maps by Lempriere, Seale, Boulton, Moll, and others. He was imprisoned for debt in 1761. His son, Peter Toms II (1726 - 1777) became a well known painter. His apprentices included the engraver and publisher John Boydell (January, 19 1720 - December 12, 1804). He lived on Masham Street, London. His work also appears as 'Henry William Toms', 'W. H. Toms', and 'Thoms'. Learn More...
Source
Baldwin, R., London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer... , (London) 1779.
References
OCLC 51121721.