Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1782 by Adams on verso and numbered ‘355’. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1782.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1779 -1780 by Adams on verso. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1780.
Acquired May 2011, by the Lewis Walpole Library.
An engraved ticket for a program of four plays present in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and have a wife, Bon ton, Richard III, and Lyar.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Text on the verso of the card begins “The hours of attendance are, from …,” which is followed by a listing of the shifts at each of four periods during the year : Candlemas to Lady Day, Lady-Day to Michaelmas, etc. A note at the bottom reads: Every man is to bring his fire-axe and to carry it on his rounds.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Advertisement for a new business issued by Mark Smith, with an extensive list of wares to be sold, mostly books and other items in the stationers line, but also musical instruments.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Manufacturer’s card with an image of a young woman turning the handle of a Edward Beetham royal patent washing mill. Below her is an image of the company’s patent navy washing mill.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Engraved trade card depicting Mercury and other allegorical figures, possibly advertising the work of James Bolton who traded in the City of London between 1779 and 1792.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Trade card of P. Brown, printseller, who was active from 1790 to 1809. In 1802 he added the activity of printer. Engraved around the perimeter of the oval: “Dealer in prints and drawings, ancient and modern. N.B. The full value given for any collection of prints, drawings, copper plates, etc.”
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.
Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.