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Advertising for "The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent": P.14200-R-36

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Titles

Advertising for "The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon
Printer: Lewis & Co.
Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Printmaker: Duffield [Unidentified]

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Description

Advertising with the inscriptions "By special permission dedicated to / Her Majesty / THE BOROUGH / of / STOKE-UPON-TRENT, / IN 1838; / the first year of the reign of Her most Gracious Majesty / Queen Victoria; / compromising / the history, statistcs, civil polity, and traffic / with / incidental notices of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, &c / from most authentic, ancient, and recent documents. / BY SIMEON SHAW, LL.D. / Author of "Nature Displayed," "Chemistry of Pottery," &c. / Assisted by gentlemen of celebrity for antiquarian research, &c / The work will be richly embellished with Views of the Town, public Edifices, Mansions, / and manufactories, contributed by the Proprietors, and Street Maps. / London: Published by Simpkin, Marshall, & co, stationers-court; / aold by Mrs. Brougham, and Mr. Timmis, Burslem; Mr Allbut, and Mr Machin, / Hanley; Messrs Tomkinson and Dean, Stoke; Mrs Forrester, / and Mr Watt, Lane-End; Mr Mort, and Messrs Hyde / Sellers in the neighbouring towns." and "W. Lewis and son, printers, 21, Finch-Lane London" and "O. Jewitt & C Duffield".

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Spencer George Perceval, 1923

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14200-R-36
Primary reference Number: 205972

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Advertising for "The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent"" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/205972 Accessed: 2025-12-05 20:10:08

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