Original sepia lithograph engraving, titled 'Newland Street, Witham', and showing the offices of the printing office and bookshop of the print's publisher R. S. Cheek.
Author:
Richard Sutton Cheek, printer and bookseller, Witham, Essex
Publication details:
[1850s.] 'Published by R. S. Cheek.' [Witham, Essex.]
£125.00
SKU: 10338
On piece of paper roughly 29.5 x 44 cm. The image itself is 30 cm wide, with an arched top 18 cm high at sides and 22 cm at the highest point. The image is clear and complete, on dusty spotted paper with fraying and loss to top edge especially. A charming image, showing Victorian middle-class townsfolk comporting in the town centre, with a wide main street with two carriages, and shop names including 'ELLIS' and 'WILSHER BUILDER'. Towards the centre is 'CHEEKS PRINTING OFFICE', 'BOOKSELLER STATIONER'. Cheek is listed in BBTI as active in 1851, and as a publisher in COPAC between 1851 and 1861.