Hancock trade card (advertisement)

Description

Highly pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Hancock with large image of shop front filling card, with double lined border. Wares are displayed in each pane of windows, with a large lamp on decorative metal bracket above the door. Four figures visible inside through the doorway, a young boy with cap leaving the shop, a seated woman with bonnett and umbrella and two figures with hats in the distance. On a ledge above the roof is a display of large decorative metalware urns, jugs and candlesticks, with trader details inscribed on a metal tag. Transcription: HANCOCK Jeweller, Silversmith, Cutler &c. 12 New Street, BIRMINGHAM. Cottrell Sct.

Media

Metadata

Identifier	jm3q2r8j
IRN	718542
Class Mark	MS 2241/4/1/102
Level	Item
Type of Record	Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link	http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jm3q2r8j
Collection(s)	Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Category	Archive
Technique	engraving
Medium	print
Support	paper
Object	width 100mm height 170mm
Parent Record	Metalwork and Continental Trade Cards
Creator(s)	Charles Hancock, Cottrell
Date	c.1823
Size and Medium	1 trade card (advertisement)

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