Trade Card for Charles Skipper, Letter Press and Lithographic Printer
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (32.2 × 20.7 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
Accession Number
26.28.368
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of early 19th-century British with this charming *Trade Card for Charles Skipper, Letter and Lithographic Printer* (1828). Created anonymously as an engraving on a modest sheet measuring 12 11/16 × 8 1/8 inches, this piece of ephemera served as a promotional tool for Skipper's printing business in an era when advertising was evolving alongside the Industrial Revolution. Trade cards like this were distributed to customers, blending artistry with entrepreneurship to showcase services and attract trade. Engraving, the medium here, highlights the precision of intaglio...