Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
1837 John Dickinson's essay.
Call Number
D West 46/GC106/Box 30/Normal/19th c./Artists V-Z GA 2005.00796
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcf1882096v
Publisher
1837.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1837
Extent
1 item ; sheet 22.6 x 19 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Philip Williams, Princeton University Class of 1949.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings on silk-thread paper
Inscribed on mount: 'The famous paper-maker made the 1d ochre and 2d green essays on his // celebrated silk-thread paper and they were appended to the Post Office Re- // port by the Mercantile Committee in that year. In 1839, Dickinson entered // these essays for the Treasury Competition (15-10-1839/23562). He secured the contract for the paper for Mulready and embossed envelopes and // letter sheets. The engraving is believed to be the work of Charles Whiting.'

Discovery Information

Subject
Papermakers—Great Britain
Silk-thread paper
Paper (fiber product).

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1eafe38a-7656-476c-8dd1-2c8371acce65/manifest