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W Court

Also known as: W Court; primary name: Court, W
Details: individual; fibre/textile worker; British; Male
Other dates: 1800- (fl. c.)
Address: No.17, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London
Biography: Two identical trade cards in Heal Collection (Heal,21.10 and Heal,40.27) advertise "W. Court Tailor and Breeches Maker. Ladies Habits and Pelisses. Military & Naval Uniforms..." Beneath the illustration of Adam and Eve in a garden is printed "III Chapter of Genesis & 7th Verse." Heal makes note of this on the mount of Heal,40.27, and remarks "Genesis III.7 'And they sewed fig leaves together & made themselves aprons."