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| Keywords: Johnbacon.jpg Trade card designed by John Bacon about 1821 V A Museum no 29380B/24 Techniques - Stipple etching ink on paper Artist/designer - John Bacon designer C Wray engraver Place - London England Dimensions - Height 10 6 cm paper Width 14 3 cm paper Object Type - This object is a trade card a small printed card used to promote a particular business or trade Trade cards were handed out to customers or pinned up to act as an advertisement and were therefore printed in this case etched so that a number of them could be circulated People - John Bacon 1740-1799 became a well-known Neo-classical sculptor but following his initial apprenticeship at a ceramics factory in the Lambeth area of London he also created models for some of the most famous potteries of the day such as Wedgwood and Derby In about 1767 he became a modeller for the Coade Artificial Stone Manufactory in Lambeth where he created a wide variety of works His trade card design which was also used as a catalogue frontispiece dates from this period although it remained in use well after Bacon's death Materials Making - Coadestone is a moulded artificial stone essentially a ceramic fired to great temperatures in the kiln to make it weather resistant Eleanor Coade 1733-1821 inherited the business from her parents and developed it into a highly successful commercial enterprise Her cousin John Sealy was a partner until his death in 1813 Her successor was her manager William Croggon who ran the factory on her behalf from 1813 to 1821 He then bought the factory and ran it until he went bankrupt in 1833 One of the reasons behind the success of the venture in Eleanor Coade's time was the use of Coadestone by architects such as Robert Adam 1728-1792 who wanted designs often in multiples that copied or were inspired by classical Greek and Roman examples http //collections vam ac uk/item/O77531/trade-card/ 1821 John Bacon designer C Wray engraver PD-old-auto 1799 Original upload log en wikipedia Quadell CommonsHelper en wikipedia Johnbacon jpg 2008-01-02 20 55 VAwebteam 637×504× 97891 bytes <nowiki>Trade card designed by John Bacon about 1821 V A Museum no 29380B/24 Techniques - Stipple etching ink on paper Artist/designer - John Bacon designer C Wray engraver Place - London England Dimensions - Height 10 6 cm paper Width 14 3 cm pa</nowiki> Etchings in the Victoria and Albert Museum Trade cards John Bacon Senior 1821 works in the United Kingdom 1820s etchings | ||||
