Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells
English frame-maker, publisher, and art gallery located at Bond Street and run primarily by Charles William Dowdeswell and his son Charles Walter Dowdeswell. Known for significant exhibitions of works on paper by prominent contemporary European artists, including the French Impressionists and James McNeil Whistler.
- HMML ID
- 421933321166
- PURL
- LC name
- Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells
- HMML name
- Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell
- Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell's
- Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell's Gallery
- Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells, Limited
- Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells
Organization information
- Organization type
- Art galleries, Commercial ● Publishers
- Foundation date
- 1880~
- Dissolution date
- 1918~
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Locations
- Countries
- Languages
- Fields of activity
Organization relationships
- Founders
- Associates
General notes
- Description
- "Charles William Dowdeswell operated a frame making and print shop at 36 Chancery Lane, and opened his gallery at 133 New Bond Street by 1880. The firm moved to 160 New Bond Street in 1887, and exhibitions were held in that space until at least 1918"; name appears as "Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells, Limited" on advertisements from 1892, 1905; run by Charles William Dowdeswell (1832-1915) and his son Charles Water Dowdeswell (1858-1929)
- Citations
- Barbara Pezzini, "Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's Gallery," London Gallery Project, accessed October 6, 2023, https://learn.bowdoin.edu/fletcher/london-gallery/data/pages/as541.html.
- Description
- Publisher/printer; dealer/auction house; shop/business; active 1882-1915; addresses: 36 Chancery Lane (1865-83, publishing address), 133 New Bond Street, London (in 1878), 160 New Bond Street, London, (in 1891-2); "Founded by Charles William Dowdeswell as frame-makers and print shop. Moved into Bond Street and expanded into solo exhibitions of contemporary artists, including Whistler. Closed when Charles's son Walter moved to work for Joseph Duveen."
- Citations
- "Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells," The British Museum, accessed October 6, 2023, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG25583.
- Citations
- AAP5224, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed October 6, 2023, https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/5868.
Preferred citation
"Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified November 08, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/421933321166
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-10-06
- Last edited
- 2023-11-08