To the worthy inhabitants of this ward : Ladies and gentlemen, we, the constant dustmen of this parish, in the employ of Messrs. Spencer and Wood, make humble application to you for a Christmas box ...

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Title
To the worthy inhabitants of this ward : Ladies and gentlemen, we, the constant dustmen of this parish, in the employ of Messrs. Spencer and Wood, make humble application to you for a Christmas box ...
Published / Created
[1821]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Nichols and Sons, Printers, Earl's Court, Cranbourn Street
Description
Caption title.
With a shell pattern border.
An appeal for gifts of money in exchange for a pewter token. The dustmen who issued this appeal have gone to the effort of printing this document to protect their business interests from "the Savengers".
With: A pewter medal with a portrait of Queen Charlotte on the obverse and the legend "Caroline, Queen of England, died Augt. 1, 1821 aet. 53.
Not in ESTC.
For associated medal, search by call number: LWL Min. 148.
Mounted on blue paper with a cropped impression of a lithograph of a child dustman, hat in hand and hiding something behind his back, standing before a man who has turned away from a pool table and examines a piece of paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Pickering & Chatto, with an associated medal; July 2015.
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 11 x 18 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
File 66 821 T627

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Brit tracts
Resource Type
text
Subject (Geographic)
England
Subject (Topic)
Refuse collectors
Subjects
Refuse collectors > England > 19th century
Brit tracts > 1821

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12504351
Object ID (OID)
16712413

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