Bowler, Thomas William
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British, 19th century, male.
Active in South Africa.
Born 1812, in Hertfordshire, England; died 1869, in London.
Painter (watercolour and oil), lithographer, draughtsman (chalk). Town scenes; landscapes, seascapes.
Thomas Bowler arrived at the Cape in 1834 with the newly appointed Royal Astronomer Thomas McClear. He tutored the children of the Commander of Robben Island ...
