845913
- TitleSpecimens of engraved business and visiting cards, bank notes, cheque forms, bill heads etc., ca. 1836-1880 / William Moffitt
- Creator
- Call numberPXA 368
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1836-1880 - Type of material
- Reference code845913
- Physical Description1 volume (279 ephemera items) - 178 pages - engravings
- Scope and ContentThe engravings are pasted down on paper and bound into a volume.
Some engravings reproduce representations of business premises, and activities, coats of arms, logos. Also included are copies probably intended as book illustrations.
Some specimens appear to have been taken off damaged plates, and may be later printings. - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Finding AidsResearch notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room , PXn 581 -
- Related Material
- Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009. - General note
Plates for some engravings are filed at R 178.
Some of the plates are reproduced in W.C. Penfold & Co., 'A century of progress...' ; other specimen plates are in W. Moffitt, 'Specimens of engraved...' (PXB 411). An article about the latter collection by J. Broadbent also discusses Moffitt (PXn 581). - Attributions / conjectures
Engraver identified by comparison with other samples of his work (see titles below). - Date note
Dated from items in volume. - Subject
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