ca. 1860 (printed)
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Print depicting the wholesale and retail depot of James Homer, a wine merchant. In front of the building is a small, well-dressed crowd, as well as a man loading crates onto a horse-drawn cart.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | woodcut |
Brief description | Advertisement for James Horner, Wine Merchant, woodcut by Pickering, ca. 1860 |
Physical description | Print depicting the wholesale and retail depot of James Homer, a wine merchant. In front of the building is a small, well-dressed crowd, as well as a man loading crates onto a horse-drawn cart. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Pickering (signed) |
Gallery label | PICKERING
Paper bag for James Homer, Wine and Spirit Merchant. c.1860
Wood engraving and letterpress
E.4762-1923
Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers
These two bags provide examples of a stock design held by the
printer, to which James and Nunns added their details, and a
specially commissioned design for James Homer, depicting his shop
front. Bags were either printed by general printers or specialist bag
manufacturers. One 19th century bag manufacturer, Mardon & Son
in Bristol, could provide a draughtsman to draw your shopfront, use
the customer's existing blocks or offer a choice from their
enormous collection of stock.
Two wood engravers named Pickering were recorded in London
trade directories, John working in the 1840s and T. Pickering in the
1850s. From his signature it is apparent that the engraver shown
here was also working for A. Park, the valentine card publisher. |
Credit line | Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers |
Object history | This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum. |
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Bibliographic reference | Taken from departmental handlist. |
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Accession number | E.4762-1923 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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