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Trade card for Henry Banwell's Summer Hill School for young gentlemen: P.12847-R

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Trade card for Henry Banwell's Summer Hill School for young gentlemen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Price, John

Entities

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1830

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Sheet Height 92 mm Width 150 mm

Techniques used in production

Steel engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Two Miles from Bristol, on the upper Bath road / CONDUCTED BY / MR. BANWELL.
  • Location: Recto plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Summer Hill School. / Within two Miles of Bristol, on the upper Bath Road. / Where a limited number of / YOUNG GENTLEMEN / Are liberally Boarded, tenderly treated & expeditiously prepared for Commercial or Classical pursuits, / BY / MR BANWELL, / and Assistants. [further 8 lines of lettering]
  • Location: Verso plate centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Price Sc. Bristol
  • Location: Verso plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.12847-R
Primary reference Number: 185507
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 21 September 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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