John Bristow, engine-maker, to all His Majesty's forts, garrisons, dock-yards and other public offices belonging to His Majesty's Royal Navy ...

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15960186

Description

Title
John Bristow, engine-maker, to all His Majesty's forts, garrisons, dock-yards and other public offices belonging to His Majesty's Royal Navy ...
Published / Created
[not before 1748]
Publication Place
London and England London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

Letterpress broadside with a hand-colored etched and engraved header illustrating the use of a fire-engine at the site of the Cornhill fire, which occurred on 25 March 1748

Description
Caption title from letterpress text.
Annotations on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : 56 x 44 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
File 66 748 J65+++

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Engravings England 1748
Broadsides
Brit tracts
Material
1 engraving ; and hand-colored
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Fire engines
Fire extinction
Subjects
Fire engines > Early works to 1800
Fire extinction > Early works to 1800
18th century
England > 1748
Brit tracts > 1748

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Identifiers

Orbis Record
12236610
Object ID (OID)
15960186

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