Trade Card for R. Rose, Engraver
19th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 3 1/4 in. (10.3 × 8.2 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
26.28.285
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of 19th-century British commerce with this charming *Trade Card for R. Rose, Engr*. Produced anonymously in Britain during the Victorian era, this petite engraving measures just 4 1/16 × 3 1/4 inches, perfectly sized for tucking into a pocket or pasting into a scrapbook. As a piece of ephemera from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department—generously gifted by Bella C. Landauer in 1926—it offers a glimpse into everyday advertising culture. Trade cards like this one were the business cards of their time, widely distributed by artisans and shops ...