Title devised by curator; alternative title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 153 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 154 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates., and Contemporary annotation in ink in lower right corner: White.
Sociemus animos pignus hoc fidei cape continge dextram and Estote concordes
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative titles from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 153 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in mulitple impressions and states, mostly black and white, with some in sepia ink and colored inks. Mostly by Bartolozzi and his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, Edward Burney, E. Edwards, Smirk, L. Legoux, H. Bunbury, W. Hamilton, Robert Cooper, Topham, Angelica Kaufman, Anthony Pasquin [pseudo. of John Williams], M. Vdr. Gucht, A. Van Assen. Most engravings are untitled and undated; the dated tickets fall between 1776-1796 A few plates with printers and publishers named: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell. Occasional contemporary annotations, including the stamped initials "M. R."
