The Draughtsman of a Changing London In the bustling streets of eighteenth-century Britain, a man of precision and keen observation moved through the shadows of the city's growing architecture. John Donowell was a figure of significant skill, working during a period when the very face of London was being reshaped by stone and mortar. He was not merely a painter of scenes, but an architect and engraver who understood the skeletal strength of the buildings he depicted. His hands translated the grand designs of architects into the delicate, permanent language of the print, capturing the essence…