James Heskett trade card (label)
Description
Simple 19th century engraved trade card (label) of James Heskett pasted onto grey mount. Trader details in circular frames in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Manuscript pencil note on reverse 'c i) 90'. Transcription: Geography and Navigation. JAMES HESKETT, No. 13 Sweetings Alley, Roy [Royal] Exchange. MAP, PRINT & CHART-SELLER. Prints & Drawings neatly Framed & Glazed. Maps Beautifully Colourd [Coloured] and adapted for Librarys or Travelling. Globes & Mathematical Instruments, Books, Gunters-seales, Compafses [Compasses], Pencils and India Ink. Charts properly fit[t]ed up for Navigators. Drawing Books, & Reeves's Superfine Colours. Atlafes, Eaft & Weft [Atlases, East & West] India Pilots.
Metadata
Identifier | cwnwlcv7 |
IRN | 718687 |
Class Mark | MS 2241/4/2/45 |
Level | Item |
Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cwnwlcv7 |
Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
Category | Archive |
Technique | engraving |
Medium | |
Support | paper |
Object | width 60mm height 95mm |
Parent Record | Miscellaneous Trade Cards and Ephemera |
Creator(s) | James Heskett |
Date | c.1810 |
Size and Medium | 1 trade card (label) |