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Queen Bess Auction Mart. Thomas Chilcott, Appraiser, Auctioneer, & General Agent, St Nicholas Street, Bristol: P.12580-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Queen Bess Auction Mart. Thomas Chilcott, Appraiser, Auctioneer, & General Agent, St Nicholas Street, Bristol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

More a sort of advertisement than a traditional trade card: the sheet is the size of a small book, and there are holes along the left-hand edge.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Plate Height 150 mm Width 85 mm
Sheet Height 220 mm Width 132 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Queen Bess Auction Mart.
  • Location: Plate upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Thomas Chilcott, Appraiser, Auctioneer, & General Agent. [with 18 lines of text below describing what the Mart deals in, its location and dimensions etc.]
  • Location: Plate centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Johnson fc.
  • Location: Plate upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.12580-R
Primary reference Number: 184757

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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