Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Charles C. Watson & Sons, 92 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia [graphic] / C.G.C., sc.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1822
Date [ca. 1822]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; 29 x 23 cm. (11.5 x 9 in.)
Description Advertisement for the tailor containing the numbered front and back of a male figure corresponding to a key of directions on taking measurements. Also includes text requesting "the height of the person to be sent" and the"length & widths to be stated in inches."
Notes Variant published in Joseph Shaw's United States directory for the use of travellers and merchants...: (Philadelphia: Printed by James Maxwell, 1822).
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellany.
Subject Charles C. Watson & Sons.
Tailors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Advertisements -- 1820-1830.
Wood engravings -- 1820-1830.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Ph Pr - 8x10 - Advertisements - W [5786.F.166a]
Accession number 5786.F.166a