print;
tobacco-paper;
advertisement
- Museum number
- 1882,0311.3229
- Description
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Tobacco-paper, showing a man seated behind a desk at right, weighing tobacco on small scales, lettered above with 'Best Virginia'; behind at left, a man sitting on a barrel, smoking, ship seen nearby; ornate frames above and below image, palm and laurel branch tied with ribbon; proof.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1778-1790 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 72 millimetres (image)
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Width: 55 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- According to Nigel Tattersfield's label for this print, shown in an exhibition of works by Thomas Bewick at the British Museum in 2011, tobacco was amongst the earliest commodities to be marketed in printed wrappers.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2011 Sept-Dec BM, Room 90 Thomas Bewick
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1882,0311.3229
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: I.B. 413