print;
trade-card
- Museum number
- Heal,59.10
- Description
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Trade card of Isaac Basire, engraver in St. John's Court, near Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1750 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 72 millimetres (card)
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Width: 102 millimetres (card)
- Curator's comments
- Heal's annotations on mount: "D.N.B. describes Isaac Basire as a map engraver & says that he engraved the frontispiece to an edition of Bailey's Dictionary (1755). He is best known as the father of James Basire (1730-1802), the famous engineer. See also A.H's letter to 'Notes & Queries', 13 Aug. 1927. Compare also Trade card in A.H's collection of John Basire (Heal,99.18), engraver, son & successor to the late Mr. Isaac Basire'. The address on the card of John Basire is No.16 St. Johns Lane, near The Gate, Clerkenwell. Also his billhead dated 1782."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Heal,59.10
