Textiles: a petition presented on behalf of the descendants of John Kay, for a pension. Coloured lithograph by Nosworthy and Wells after Cardwell, with letterpress, 1846.

  • Cardwell.
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28 October 1846
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46142i
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At top, a rural scene, showing all the activities concerned with spinning and weaving cloth, and all the members of the community involved, from children to aged persons

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[London?] : Thomas Sutcliffe, 28 October 1846.

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour

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To the merchants, manufacturers, &c. &c. of Great Britain. ; Cardwell del. ; Nosworthy & Wells lith. The extensive letterpress text contains the names and localities of several hundred textile manufacturers, signatories to the petition

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Wellcome Collection 46142i

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