[Album of trade cards and invitations], between 1733 and 1769
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Description
- Title
- [Album of trade cards and invitations], between 1733 and 1769
- Abstract
-
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
- Description
- Collection title devised by cataloger.
- Provenance
- Purchased from E. Mathews, July 1958.
- Extent
- 1 bound to 32 cm v. (77 items) :
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 66 733 Al325
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Advertising cards
Albums
Invitations
Annotations (Provenance)
Engravings England London
Engravings Scotland Edinburgh
Engravings France
Trade cards (advertising) - Material
- engravings ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London
London (England) - Subject (Topic)
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Retail trade
Commerce - Subjects
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Retail trade > England > London > Early works to 1800
London (England) > Commerce
England > London
Scotland > Edinburgh
France
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Album of Trade Cards and Invitations. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8969236
- Object ID (OID)
- 16825438