John C. Onions trade card
Description
Pictorial 19th century chromolithographed trade card of John C. Onions [John Collingwood Onions] depicting elaborate ornamental library bellows in pink ink. Trader details in green ink. Printed copy of complimentary letter from the French Emperor on the reverse. Transcription of obverse: ORNAMENTAL LIBRARY BELLOWS. IN THE POSSESSION OF THE IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. DESIGNED AND WROUGHT BY JOHN C. ONIONS, FORGE-BELLOWS MANUFACTURER TO HER MAJESTY'S HON. BOARD OF ORDNANCE, BRADFORD STREET, BIRMINGHAM. [OVER. Transcription of reverse: AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH TO MR. JOHN C. ONIONS. [TRANSLATION] "Palace of the Tuileries, May 23, 1854. Sire- I accept with pleasure the product of your industry, to which the perfection of workmanship, no less than the rarity of the material, gives a particular value : and I feel much the graceful attention you have shown in presenting it to me. Receive, then, Sire, with my thanks, and as a slight mark of my satisfaction, the Gold Medal with my Portrait thereon, which accompanies this letter. To Mr. John C. Onions, Bradford Street, Birmingham."
John C. Onions trade card - image 1
Pictorial 19th century chromolithographed trade card of John C. Onions [John Collingwood Onions] depicting elaborate ornamental library bellows in pink ink. Trader details in green ink. Printed copy of complimentary letter from the French Emperor on the reverse. Transcription of obverse: ORNAMENTAL LIBRARY BELLOWS. IN THE POSSESSION OF THE IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. DESIGNED AND WROUGHT BY JOHN C. ONIONS, FORGE-BELLOWS MANUFACTURER TO HER MAJESTY'S HON. BOARD OF ORDNANCE, BRADFORD STREET, BIRMINGHAM. [OVER. Transcription of reverse: AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH TO MR. JOHN C. ONIONS. [TRANSLATION] "Palace of the Tuileries, May 23, 1854. Sire- I accept with pleasure the product of your industry, to which the perfection of workmanship, no less than the rarity of the material, gives a particular value : and I feel much the graceful attention you have shown in presenting it to me. Receive, then, Sire, with my thanks, and as a slight mark of my satisfaction, the Gold Medal with my Portrait thereon, which accompanies this letter. To Mr. John C. Onions, Bradford Street, Birmingham."
John C. Onions trade card - image 2
Pictorial 19th century chromolithographed trade card of John C. Onions [John Collingwood Onions] depicting elaborate ornamental library bellows in pink ink. Trader details in green ink. Printed copy of complimentary letter from the French Emperor on the reverse. Transcription of obverse: ORNAMENTAL LIBRARY BELLOWS. IN THE POSSESSION OF THE IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. DESIGNED AND WROUGHT BY JOHN C. ONIONS, FORGE-BELLOWS MANUFACTURER TO HER MAJESTY'S HON. BOARD OF ORDNANCE, BRADFORD STREET, BIRMINGHAM. [OVER. Transcription of reverse: AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH TO MR. JOHN C. ONIONS. [TRANSLATION] "Palace of the Tuileries, May 23, 1854. Sire- I accept with pleasure the product of your industry, to which the perfection of workmanship, no less than the rarity of the material, gives a particular value : and I feel much the graceful attention you have shown in presenting it to me. Receive, then, Sire, with my thanks, and as a slight mark of my satisfaction, the Gold Medal with my Portrait thereon, which accompanies this letter. To Mr. John C. Onions, Bradford Street, Birmingham."
Metadata
| Identifier | jfpqvh5y |
| IRN | 721450 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/3/139 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jfpqvh5y |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | chromolithograph |
| Medium | |
| Support | pasteboard |
| Object | width 93mm height 122mm |
| Parent Record | Furniture Trade Cards, Billheads and Miscellaneous Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | John Collingwood Onions |
| Date | c.1854 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card |