William Cowen

[1] In 1826 Ebenezer Rhodes published Yorkshire Scenery, which included Cowen's View of Rotherham as well as two of his drawings of the ruined Roche Abbey.

Cowen travelled to Corsica on 12 August 1840, which was seen as novel, and when he returned he completed a number of paintings, several being associated with the early life of the Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte.

In 1848 Cowen gathered his Corsican pictures together to create a travelogue entitled Six Weeks in Corsica, illustrated with fourteen engravings.

[5] In the same year Cowen also contributed landscapes to the Free Exhibition of Modern Art at Hyde Park Corner.

He has eleven water colours in the British Museum and he also painted several views of Italy,[7] France, Ireland[8] and particularly Corsica.