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Printing-matrix
Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.1733

Production date

pre-1866

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 76mm
width: 139mm
depth: 25mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Broadsides

References

Reference details

p. 143

Reference (free text)

Lemon, Robert; Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides, in the possession of the Society of antiquaries of London; 1866.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Taken from the original broadside: no. 624 (Perkins against Perkin; a dialogue between Sir Wm Perkins and Major Sullivane, the two loggerheads on Temple-Bar concerning the present juncture of affairs. ...)
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting a reproduction of a woodcut illustration from an 18th century broadside, originally from 1715; showing an arched architectural feature containing two intertwined letter 'C's among floral motifs; two heads on poles stood on the arch, with the names 'Perkins and Sullivan' either side and between the poles, representing Temple Bar on the old Paternoster Row in the City of London. Image reproduced from a series of sheets containing a satirical imagined dialogue between two executed individuals, Sir William Perkins and Major Sullivan, titled 'Perkins against Perkin; a dialogue between Sir Wm Perkins and Major Sullivane, the two loggerheads on Temple-Bar concerning the present juncture of affairs...'. Printed in London by J. Baker. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr John Cherry FSA.