Skip to main content

Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London: P.12967-R

An image of Bill head

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

One of the Blathwayt family bills

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1774 : See description

School or Style

British

Components of the work

Paper composed of laid paper ( old folds)
Sheet Height 165 mm Width 204 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 15th March 1774
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Date
  • Text: Mrs Blathwayt
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Name
  • Text: London / Bought of John Edwards / MERCER / No.81 / at the Lamb, opposite the Pantheon in Oxford Road. / Great Choice of Black Silks, Norwich Crapes, and Bombazeens.
  • Location: Plate centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 19yds Superfine Double Bombazine 4/ 3/16/0 Recd 16th April 1774 the full Contents & all demands J Edwards.
  • Location: Sheet lower centre
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: April 16: 74 Pd / Edwards
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.12967-R
Primary reference Number: 185794
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 2 November 2011 Updated: Wednesday 31 May 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185794 Accessed: 2024-04-20 04:09:57

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185794 |title=Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-20 04:09:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-185794

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp61/P_12967_R.jpg"
        alt="Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bill-head of John Edwards, Mercer, London</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...