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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/27 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/41 |
| Title | Joint Stock Street |
| Date | [1809] |
| Description | A crowd of people stand in a London street, looking at a wall on which have been posted advertisements for shares newly floated companies. The companies are all clearly unsound, and include: 'Doctors Company', 'Company of Menders', 'Company of Scavengers', 'Company of Whitewashers', 'Cabbage and Potato Compy', 'Match and Tinder Compy', 'Blacking Company'. Behind the wall is a hospital with the sign 'HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS'. On the right of the scene is a barber's, with a sign announcing the barber's attention to form a company. Next to it is a street sign-posted 'BUBBLE ALLEY'.
Available on CD 165. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 174
Woodward Del : Rowlandson
Pub by T Tegg
Price One Shilling Coloured
The flotation of companies was under discussion after Winsor (of gas-lighting fame) tried to procure a bill to legalize a 'Gas Light Company'. The gas light bill was rejected after opposition to chartered monopolies.
Date based on Walpole 809.0.15. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 379 x 252 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | Related to D5459/3/23. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11441 |
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