~ 1757 ~

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Source:

Title: Trade card
Author: -
Publisher: -
Printer: John Kendray
Illustrator: -
Engraver: John Kendray
Location: London
Year: ~ 1757 ~ (Approximately, not after 1758)
Links: [Scan], [Original].

Comments:

The text states: ‘John Kendray copper-plate printer in White’s Alley, Chancery Lane, London. Prints All sorts of cuts for books, shopkeepers Bills, Leases, Indentures, Writs, Bonds, Releases, Recoveries &c. As also A great variety of School Pieces, Copy-Book covers, Tickets for clubs, visiting tickets &c. Where All sorts of Copper plates are neatly Engraved & printed after the best manner, & at the most Reasonable Rates.’.

The description in the Lewis Walpole Library (Yale University) states: ‘A collection of English engraved advertisements, trade cards, invitations to society functions, and bookplates probably compiled around 1758 by F. [ or T.?] Legge of St. James's Market and mounted in an album, with five later items laid-in.’