Collection of mostly English engraved trade cards for a wide variety of London businesses, especially those advertising goods and services relating to household furnishings, men and women's attire and accessories such as gloves, boots, and swords, mercers and haberdashery being the most numerous. In addition there are cards for: cabinet makers, engravers and jewelers, clockmakers, tea shops, grocers, wine suppliers, exotic oil suppliers, apothecaries, hair styling, an auctioneer, and an undertaker. Also included are several invitations to private events such as a birthday party and a lodge meeting. Also included is one advertisement for an Edinburgh pewter shop and one for a French supplier of maps
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On loose leaf before page numbered 1 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
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."
"Diana on the right, seated on a stone under a tree, receiving a ribbon lettered "Francisca Xaviera Nieto y Aguilar" from three women who stand on the left; in an oval within a rectangle; after Stothard..."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image., Date from another state in British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.387., Proof without finished background or lettering., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 10 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Diana on the right, seated on a stone under a tree, receiving a ribbon lettered "Francisca Xaviera Nieto y Aguilar" from three women who stand on the left; in an oval within a rectangle; after Stothard..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date from another state in British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.387., Proof without lettering., and On page numbered 11 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf numbered 27 in a bound volume of 33 prints: Eighteenth century tickets / by Bartolozzi and others.
Title supplied by cataloger., On leaf numbered 27 in a bound volume of 33 prints: Eighteenth century tickets / by Bartolozzi and others., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 10.4 x 13.8 cm.
Invitation to dine with the governors of the Whitechapel Magdalen Hospital at Merchant Taylors' Hall, following a sermon in the chapel of the hospital
Alternative Title:
Sir, your company is desired to dine with the Right Honourable the Earl of Hertford, President; the Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and the rest of the governors of the Magdalen Hospital, at Merchant Taylors-Hall, Treadneedle-Street, on Thursday the 4th of May, 1775
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Title devised by cataloger., With an engraved vignette, presumably depicting a Magdalen sister, at top; a quote from Psalm 51:3 is engraved within a ribbon at the bottom of the vignette: "I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me." The details of the event are printed in letterpress within the open space beneath the vignette., Additional information printed at the bottom, including the names of six "Stewards"; the stipulation "N.B. No servants, but those of the President ... will be admitted ..."; and the notice that "This ticket will admit to the Chapel and Hall.", and Mounted on recent card sheet; sealing wax to upper right corner. For further information, consult library staff.