English School Copper Engraving on laid paper. Circa.1800. Rare Trade Card, advertising: Crane, Taylor, Habit & Pelisse Maker; No. 31 Long Acre, London.
"Respectfully informs his numerous friends, and the public in General that he continues to serve them with every Article of the above Line on the best and Cheapest terms, he begs leave to recommend particularly to their Notice his so much Approved & Original plan of making Coats & Breeches with less seams than usual particularly sleeves with one seam, Fits as well with two far Superior in Respect to wear & not to be Equalled in any shop in town, Naval & Military Uniforms, Habits & Pelisses, Boys fancy Dresses, Servants Liveries and every Article in Dress with Elegance and Dispatch, Orders for Exportation on the Shortest Notice."
Provenance: Sir Ambrose Heal. Chairman of Heals furniture shop Tottenham Court Road. Noted authority on London shops and trades. Ref: BM collection Heal 40.29
17.4 by 23.1 cms.
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