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2011-95, Broadside
Peter Griffin,/ Map & Print-Seller,/ at the/ Dial and three Crowns,/ next the Globe Tavern/ Fleet-Street;/ from the late/ OVERTONS.
2011-95, Broadside

Peter Griffin,/ Map & Print-Seller,/ at the/ Dial and three Crowns,/ next the Globe Tavern/ Fleet-Street;/ from the late/ OVERTONS.

Date1747
Publisher Peter Griffin (fl. 1738 - 1748)
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 9 1/8" x OW: 7 1/2" (includes backing); Plate H: 8 1/4" x W: 7"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2011-95
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Sold by Peter Griffin Map & Printseller at the three Crowns & Dial next the Globe Tavern Fleet Street./ All lots of Maps both Foreign & English, - Fine French, Italian, Dutch, and English Prints;/ Metzo tinto heads, & Historys Black, or Painted on Glass; fitteth up Gent's halls, or Large/ Rooms w.th Maps of Prints on Rolers, neatly puts into Frames & Glasses any of y.e above Goods./ NB. Where Merchants, or Sea Commanders or Town Chapmen may be supplied w.th Quante-/ties of the above Goods, at the most resonable Rates, for Exportation &c."

The inset trade card reads: "Peter Griffin,/ Map & Print-Seller,/ At the/ Dial and three Crowns,/ next the Globe Tavern/ Fleet-Street;/ from the late/ OVERTONS."