An engraved advertisement for artist Squire Morley's services, decorated with a border in the Late Baroque style with two putti on either side, one holding a portrait, the other sketching, grand staircases and eagle holding the scroll on which the text is engraved
Alternative Title:
Gentlemen and ladies pictures drawn at their houses in crayons ...
Caption title., Earlier date from British Museum online catalogue., and Ms. note on verso. Four pin holes, one in each corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Advertisement for the shop of Mary and Ann Hogarth (sisters of the artist), at the sign of the King's Arms, Little Britain Gate; a view of the interior of a clothing shop with two women serving parents and their young sons; surrounded by a frame with the royal coat of arms at the top
Alternative Title:
Mary and Ann Hogarth
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue of plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. i, p. 15?, and The British Museum suggests that the images may be portraits after the two sisters.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, Mary, 1699-1741, and Hogarth, Ann, 1701-1771,
Advertisement for the shop of Mary and Ann Hogarth (sisters of the artist), at the sign of the King's Arms, Little Britain Gate; a view of the interior of a clothing shop with two women serving parents and their young sons; surrounded by a frame with the royal coat of arms at the top
Alternative Title:
Mary and Ann Hogarth
Description:
Title from text below image., The British Museum suggests that the images may be portraits after the two sisters., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, p. 15?., and Copy of Hogarth plate. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 117.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, Mary, 1699-1741. and Hogarth, Ann, 1701-1771.
Advertisement for the shop of Mary and Ann Hogarth (sisters of the artist), at the sign of the King's Arms, Little Britain Gate; a view of the interior of a clothing shop with two women serving parents and their young sons; surrounded by a frame with the royal coat of arms at the top
Alternative Title:
Mary and Ann Hogarth
Description:
Title from text below image., The British Museum suggests that the images may be portraits after the two sisters., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, p. 15?., Copy of Hogarth plate. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 117., Ms. note in pencil above image: Copy., and On page 3 in volume 1. Plate mark 164 x 111 mm.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, Mary, 1699-1741. and Hogarth, Ann, 1701-1771.
Advertisement for the shop of Mary and Ann Hogarth (sisters of the artist), at the sign of the King's Arms, Little Britain Gate; a view of the interior of a clothing shop with two women serving parents and their young sons; surrounded by a frame with the royal coat of arms at the top
Alternative Title:
Mary and Ann Hogarth
Description:
Title from text below image., The British Museum suggests that the images may be portraits after the two sisters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil above image: Original., Ms. note in pencil below image: Sold for £8.8.0. See Biographical anecdotes, p. 417., and On page 3 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, Mary, 1699-1741 and Hogarth, Ann, 1701-1771
"Trade card of Samuel Knights, printseller and frame maker, at 6 Change Alley, opposite Garraways Coffee House; view of the shop from the street, with many prints on the window and inside the shop, open door to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
City of London
Description:
Title from item., Approximate date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.46., Text at bottom: N.B. Frontage 11 feet - depth - 8 feet., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm., and Mounted before page 437 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
A collection of English engraved advertisements, trade cards, invitations to society functions, and bookplates probably compiled around 1758 by F. [ or T.?] Legge of St. James's Market and mounted in an album, with five later items laid-in. In some cases the collector has recorded on the versos the circumstances in which he acquired a card. The trade cards include a wide range of London businesses: apothecaries and druggists; booksellers; bookbinders and related trades of leather gilder and case makers; brush makers; boot and shoes makers; cabinet and chair makers; cards and paper goods providers; chimney sweeps; clock and watch makers; coach maker; confectioners; sellers of combs and cutlery; coopers; dentists; distillers; drapers; dyers; engravers; fan makers; figure makers; furriers; glassmakers; goldsmiths; grocers; gun makers; hairdressers; hatters and hosiers; ironmongers; jewelers and brokers; mercers; milliners; makers of musical instruments; oil men; paper makers and paper hangers; pewterers; picture framers; plumbers; printsellers; saddlers; makers of scales; stationers; tea merchants; tin-workers; snuffman and tobacconists; tool makers; toy makers and sellers; trunk makers; turners; undertakers; upholsterers; sundries. In addition to intact copies of cards, the album includes details of decorative elements trimmed from other copies or other cards and advertisements as well as decorative and armorial bookplates
Description:
Title from spine. and Full leather calf binding with a Cambridge panel design, exterior and inner-most panels "sprinkle" style, gold tooled, gilt edges, and red leather spine label "Trade tokens and bookplates"; tri-color handsewn endbands in red, blue and yellow. Six raised bands with ornate gold tooled ornaments on the spine.