John Tye, Junior trade card

Description

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of John Tye, Junior, with large image of ornate stone archway filling card. Archway curtain is drawn back to reveal landscape scene visible through arch. Putti operating printing press on plinth to left of archway, with open book at his feet. Group of objects on plinth to right include cup, heraldic shield, palette and engravers tools. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Transcription: JNO. [JOHN] TYE JUNR [JUNIOR]. Engraver, COPPER PLATE PRINTER, &c. No. 188 Livery Street, nr [near] Gt [Great] Charles Street. BIRMINGHAM. Pattern Books ENGRAVED & PRINTED.

Media

Metadata

Identifier hzgtrx96
IRN 718744
Class Mark MS 2241/4/2/102
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hzgtrx96
Collection(s) Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Category Archive
Technique engraving
Medium print
Support pasteboard
Object width 79mm height 120mm
Parent Record Miscellaneous Trade Cards and Ephemera
Creator(s) John Tye, Junior
Date c.1825
Size and Medium 1 trade card

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