At Mrs. Holts, Italian Ware House [graphic] : at [the] two olive posts in [the] broad part of the Strand almost oppostie to Exeter Change are sold all sorts of Italian silks as lustrings, sattins, padesois, velvets, damasks, &c. Fans, Legorne hats, flower

Published/Created:
[London]
[R. Faulder and J. Egerton]
[not before 1794]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 232 x 160 mm
Notes:
Title from text below image.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, v. 1, page 17.
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Abstract:
A shop card with an image of a ship being loaded with goods in Florence. Mercury turns to a woman (emblem of Florence) with a sampling of the goods of the region at her feet. On the right, workers carry loads of goods onto a ship as the merchant looks on. In the distance a view of Rome. The four corners of the frame are images of Naples, Venice, Genoa, and Leghorne.
Variant Titles:
Shop card for Mrs. Holt's, Italian Warehouse
Associated Names:
Ireland, Anna Maria [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Topics:
Mercury (Roman deity) [[depicted
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Steevens, George, 1736-1800
Topics:
Florence (Italy) -- Commerce
Language:
English
Genre:
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1794
Trade cards
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.00.00.157.1 Box 125
Orbis Record:
11416492
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr22752
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
16035007
PID:
digcoll:2810939