Turk trademark. Gawith Hoggarth Ltd., licensed tobacco and snuff manufacturers. Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, England.,
The type of tobacco and snuff blenders trade sign shown in the image commonly stood at, or were affixed to, the fronts of premises in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They inluded effigies of Highlanders, Blackamoors, Indian Princes, etc., in addition to the Turk. The particular edition of the Turk in the image is said to have evolved from the sign displayed outside the famous London 'Turks Head' coffee house where Doctor Johnson and other eminent men used to take their snuff whilst drinking their coffee. This Kendal figure was erected on the outside of 27 Lowther Street, the premises of Gawith, Hoggarth & Company around 1870 and remained there until, after a hundred years, it perished from old age. It was, however, considered so much a part of Kendal that it was replaced at the public expense. A plaque affixed to the wall under the figure reads:- " The Turk trade sign, replaced by Kendal Town Council for the European Heritage Year, 1975. Founded on the original that hung here for about a hundred years till it collapsed in 1973. Carved by Arthur ". The Kendal 'Turk' was again removed and refurbished in 2010 and this is the effigy shown in the image.
Size: 2831px × 3785px
Location: 27 Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, England., United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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