The ladies' pocket magazine and gem of fashion: showcard advertising its sale. Lithograph.

[London (Bride Court)] : [Joseph Robins], [between 1830 and 1839?]

1 print : lithograph ; image 13.6 x 6.2 cm

Sold here. The ladies' pocket magazine and gem of fashion, with four coloured plates of fashion and engravings on steel & wood published monthly, - price sixpence Lettering from "The ladies'" to "fashion, with" is printed on a separate sheet

There are two vertical spaces marked on the card presumably for fashion plates for customers to detach. In the showcard catalogued, the spaces are occupied by two small engravings, which are catalogued in the Wellcome Library catalogue as nos. 39570i and 39571i. At least one of the engravings ("The bird's nest", by S Freeman after Richard Westall) was published by the same publisher as The ladies' pocket magazine and gem of fashion (J. Robins of Bride Court, London). It may therefore be that sentimental prints such as the two mentioned were also displayed on this showcard (i.e. the card is not just being used as a mount for the engravings)

Wellcome Collection 34386i