Trade Card for Suffield, seal engraver

Anonymous, British, late 18th–early 19th century British

late 18th–early 19th century

Not on view

This object is housed in an album of British trade cards from the collections of Bella C. Landauer, Ambrose Heal, and others. The term “trade card” is of nineteenth-century origin and refers to a card that advertises the services of an individual or business. Eighteenth-century trade cards were often printed on thin sheets of paper and referred to as “tradesmen’s cards,” “tradesmen’s bills,” or “shopkeeper’s bills.” During the Victorian era, trade cards were often reinforced on pasteboard and closely resemble business cards today.

John Suffield was an engraver and desiger of lettering, although he was also known through his signed metal work and made a medal commemorating the election of Sir Charles Cockerell to Evesham in 1819. Suffield is also listed in the 1817 Johnstone's London Commercial Giude, and Street Directory.

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Title: Trade Card for Suffield, seal engraver
Artist: Anonymous, British, late 18th–early 19th century
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (6.1 × 4.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Object Number: 26.102.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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