Advertisement for Memento, Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885 ca. 1885 Francesco Bartolozzi This object is housed in an album of British trade cards from the collections of Bella C. Landauer, Ambrose Heal, and others. The term “trade card” is of nineteenth-century origin and refers to a card that advertises the services of an individual or business. Eighteenth-century trade cards were often printed on thin sheets of paper and referred to as “tradesmen’s cards,” “tradesmen’s bills,” or “shopkeeper’s bills.” During the Victorian era, trade cards were often reinforced on pasteboard and

Advertisement for Memento, Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885 ca. 1885 Francesco Bartolozzi This object is housed in an album of British trade cards from the collections of Bella C. Landauer, Ambrose Heal, and others. The term “trade card” is of nineteenth-century origin and refers to a card that advertises the services of an individual or business. Eighteenth-century trade cards were often printed on thin sheets of paper and referred to as “tradesmen’s cards,” “tradesmen’s bills,” or “shopkeeper’s bills.” During the Victorian era, trade cards were often reinforced on pasteboard and closely resemble business cards Advertisement for Memento, Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885. Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon). ca. 1885. Engraving

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