Trade card of Inigo Vonholte, Fine Waters, at the Key Side, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Inigo Vonholte

ca. 1700–30 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Trade card for Inigo Vonholte, vendor fo Fine Waters (spirits) in Newcastle. The card is characterized by a large, Regency cartouche with a compartment in the center in which text is placed. The frame of the cartouche is decorated with labelled barrels, putti surrounded by various bottles, grape vines and a head of Bacchus. Two medallions show ships at sea signalling the fact that many of the spirits are imported from abroad.

Artist

Inigo Vonholte

Date

ca. 1700–30

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947