Accession No

3546

Brief Description

trade card of Heath and Wing, English, 1750 (c)

Origin

England; London; Strand

Maker

Heath and Wing

Class

ephemera; prints

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1750

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

breadth 101mm; height 75mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘HEATH and WING
near Exeter Exchange in the Strand,
LONDON.
Make and Sell all Sorts of
Mathematical and Philosophical
Instruments.
Accurately finished according to the best
Improvements of yemost eminent Professors:
ALSO
The best Black lead Pencils and
Books of the Use of Instruments.’ (front)

Description Notes

Trade card; printed; black and white. Some of the instrument made are depicted (armillary sphere, thermometer, air pump, level, theodolite, standing universal equinoctial ring dial, barometer).

Condition good; complete.

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