John Johnson Collection Exhibition 2001
The Printing of Trade Cards

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Susa. Burchett. Engraver and Printer [school of Bartolozzi] (c. 1750)

The card of Susanna Burchett is unsigned. However, an article by Joseph Grego in The Connoisseur of 1902 attributes it to the school of Bartolozzi. It was part of a genre of ‘artistic cards’ which were highly collectable, even in Bartolozzi’s lifetime. It shows Strephon and Chloë and dates from c. 1750.

JJ Booktrade Trade Cards 4 (purchased 1999)

 

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