Trade Card for Miscellaneous Professions &c., Birmingham
Medium
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (19.2 × 11.5 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
26.28.383
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of early 19th-century Birmingham with this charming *Trade Card for Miscellaneous Professions &c.* (1800), a vibrant piece of ephemera produced by a talented collaborative team: Francis Eginton, James Bisset, Thomas Hancock, and Swinney Hawkins. Measuring just 7 9/16 × 4 1/2 inches, this stipple engraving served as an advertising tool for local tradespeople, showcasing a whimsical array of professions from blacksmiths to toy makers. Trade cards like this were the Victorian-era equivalent of business flyers, distributed widely to promote services in England's indust...
About the Artist
Francis Eginton|James Bisset|Thomas Hancock|Swinney and Hawkins (British, Scottish|British|British|British) · 1762 |1750 |1775 |1750 –1832 |1850 |1823 |1850
British (born Scotland), ca. 1762–1832|Birmingham|British, 1775–1823|British, active Birmingham 1800–1805