John Johnson Collection Exhibition 2001
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Bot. of M. Underhill & Son. Grocers, Tea Dealers & Cheesemongers. Oxford (1843)

This bill heading shows the stock image of a Chinese man with tea chests. A port scene in England is on the other side, emphasising that exotic imported produce is available, not only tea, but also spices and foreign fruits. Reference is also made to British wines, as well as to Stilton cheese. The bill heading is engraved not by an Oxford printer but by Reeves & Hoare of London, who also engraved the bill headings of H. Davies (no. 65) and John Howard (nos 154 and 155).

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