Alexander Shearer trade card
Description
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Alexander Shearer with hand coloured images of blue umbrellas at either side of a stack of three trunks. Street number in circular frame. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Some damage on reverse where previous mount has been removed. Transcription: ALEXR [ALEXANDER]. SHEARER. LEATHER PORTMANTEAU Trunk & Umbrella Manufacturer. HAT COVERS, BATHING CAPS, LEATHER Caps, BRUSHES and BELLOWSES &c. &c. Sign of the three trunks. 3 South Union Place, Head of Leith Walk EDINBURGH. Umbrellas Made & Repaired on the shortest notice. Orders Punctually attended to. Street Sc. Edin [Edinburgh]
Alexander Shearer trade card - image 1
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Alexander Shearer with hand coloured images of blue umbrellas at either side of a stack of three trunks. Street number in circular frame. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Some damage on reverse where previous mount has been removed. Transcription: ALEXR [ALEXANDER]. SHEARER. LEATHER PORTMANTEAU Trunk & Umbrella Manufacturer. HAT COVERS, BATHING CAPS, LEATHER Caps, BRUSHES and BELLOWSES &c. &c. Sign of the three trunks. 3 South Union Place, Head of Leith Walk EDINBURGH. Umbrellas Made & Repaired on the shortest notice. Orders Punctually attended to. Street Sc. Edin [Edinburgh]
Alexander Shearer trade card - image 2
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Alexander Shearer with hand coloured images of blue umbrellas at either side of a stack of three trunks. Street number in circular frame. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Some damage on reverse where previous mount has been removed. Transcription: ALEXR [ALEXANDER]. SHEARER. LEATHER PORTMANTEAU Trunk & Umbrella Manufacturer. HAT COVERS, BATHING CAPS, LEATHER Caps, BRUSHES and BELLOWSES &c. &c. Sign of the three trunks. 3 South Union Place, Head of Leith Walk EDINBURGH. Umbrellas Made & Repaired on the shortest notice. Orders Punctually attended to. Street Sc. Edin [Edinburgh]
Metadata
| Identifier | z5x461r7 |
| IRN | 718686 |
| Class Mark | MS 2241/4/2/44 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/z5x461r7 |
| Collection(s) | Art and Antique Market, John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History |
| Category | Archive |
| Technique | engraving |
| Medium | |
| Support | pasteboard |
| Object | width 115mm height 76mm |
| Parent Record | Miscellaneous Trade Cards and Ephemera |
| Creator(s) | Alexander Shearer, Street |
| Date | 1818-1827 |
| Size and Medium | 1 trade card |