Accession No

3933

Brief Description

advertisement sheet for a microscopic exhibition, c.1835

Origin

14 Cromwell Brooke Streete; Holborn; London; England

Maker

Court

Class

ephemera; optical

Earliest Date

1835

Latest Date

1835

Inscription Date

Material

paper; wood; glass; card; metal (brass, white metal); string

Dimensions

height 425mm; breadth 302mm

Special Collection

Heywood collection

Provenance

Purchased from estate of Heywood, H. Purchased with assistance of Grant-in-Aid administered by the Science Museum (PRISM).

Inscription

‘CITY OF LONDON
GRAND HYDRO-OXYGEN
MICROSCOPIC
EXHIBITION,
No. 4, CHARLOTTE ROW,
Opposite the Private Entrance to the Mansion House.’ (top of print)

Description Notes

Engraved advertisement sheet printed on both sides. Advert for an exhibition where visitors can see for themselves the powers of the microscope by viewing among other things the ‘cheese bug’. Yellowed paper with a few imperfections. Tear on top edge.
Reverse carries the inscription:
‘The Exhibition commences at 11 o’clock and every succeeding hour
till 6, or later if requested for a Party of Six Persons.
Admittance, 1s. Children half price.
Court, Printer, 14 Cromwell Brooke Street, Holborn.’
Mounted and framed, back hidden.

Condition fair; complete.

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