Rococo Trade Card John Savell Tobacco Pipe Maker London Circa.1770 Theatrical Prints writing of William Lock

writing of William Lock

After the original composition by Sir Joshua Reynolds P

to paint the walls of Montague House (on the site of which is now the British Museum)

" Possibly a portrait of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667

Later mounted as a cushion

Rococo Trade Card John Savell Tobacco Pipe Maker London Circa.1770 Theatrical Prints writing of William LockRare 18th. Century Copper Engraved Trade Card for John Savell Tobacco Pipe Maker in Featherstone Street near Moorfields London. Makes & Sells all Sorts of Pipes for Sea or Land, at Reasonable Rates. Text set within a Rococo cartouche with pipes and Masonic symbols. Printed on laid paper two old horizontal folds, mounted onto backing light foxing, with collection label of Ambrose Heal. Noted authority on London shops and trades. Ref. BM collection Heal