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COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20201123_middleton ephemera_005.jpg
Identifier:
cc20201123_middleton ephemera_005.jpg
Title:
James Fraser, aged 67
Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814
Creator:
Poole, W. (William)
Subject:
Portraits
Subject:
Bookbinders - England
Subject:
Bookbinders - 19th century
Summary:
"Engraved portrait of the bookbinder James Fraser, aged 67, seated at a table with inkwell, spectacles, a large volume lettered 'Estimates in Bookbinding', a letter headed 'Mr. James Fraser, Book BInder, Frontier Court, St. Martins Lane,' and holding a paper captioned 'A Plan for reconciling the difference between the Masters & Journeymen Bookbinders.' Engraved by William Poole after Robert Dighton, dated 1807."--HIghlights from the Bernard C. Middleton Collection of Books on Bookbinding, p. 30.

"James Fraser was a well-known London bookbinder and one of the "The Prosecuting Masters' in the dispute of 1786 when five journeymen bookbinders were imprisoned for combination (the joining of several trade societies in order to improve working hours.)"--Paraphrased from HIghlights from the Bernard C. Middleton Collection of Books on Bookbinding, p. 30.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Fraser, James, b.1740
Date of Original:
1807
Date of Digitization:
2020
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
portraits
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
engravings
Dimensions of Original:
37 x 30.4 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
Middleton Ephemera
Library Collection:
Bernard C. Middleton Collection of Books on the History and Practice of Bookbinding
Digital Project:
2021_0058_middletonephemera
Catalog Record:
https://albert.rit.…
Place:
England
Rights:
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Rights:
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James Fraser, aged 67

     
James Fraser, aged 67