Alexander Shearer trade card
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Alexander Shearer trade card
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Description:
Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of Alexander Shearer with hand coloured images of blue umbrellas at either side of a stack of three trunks. Street number in circular frame. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Some damage on reverse where previous mount has been removed.
Transcription: ALEXR [ALEXANDER]. SHEARER. LEATHER PORTMANTEAU Trunk & Umbrella Manufacturer. HAT COVERS, BATHING CAPS, LEATHER Caps, BRUSHES and BELLOWSES &c. &c. Sign of the three trunks. 3 South Union Place, Head of Leith Walk EDINBURGH. Umbrellas Made & Repaired on the shortest notice. Orders Punctually attended to. Street Sc. Edin [Edinburgh]
- Date range: 1818-1827
- Date: 1822
- Collection: ["collections_typename_art_and_antique_market" not defined]
- Physical Identifier: MS 2241/4/2/44
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/32713
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