Hare & Co., designers and engravers on wood, patent agents, printers, electrotypists. 31 Essex Strand, London, W.C [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > Hare & Co., designers and engravers on wood, patent agents, printers, electrotypists. 31 Essex Strand, London, W.C [graphic].
A decorative handbill or trade card, divided into three compartments, all framed in a neo-Gothic border. In the center, framed by three Gothic arches with the word "Mechanical" etched below, are images of three machines including a steam powered tractor and printing press; etched below is an advertisement for the firm Hare & Co., located in the Strand, London. On the left within a rounded arch is the image of a Gothic church, identified below as Exeter and within the border the word "Architecture". On the right under a rounded arch is a pastoral scene with two figures, one walking under a tree and the other walking on a bridge over a river, with a church on a hill in the distance; the word "Picturesque" is etched below in the decorative border