Francis Watkins, optician, at Charing Cross, London : makes spectacles of all sorts, ground in the correctest manner, and set in gold, silver and tortoiseshell ... money weights and scales finished with the greatest exactness = Francois Watkins, opticien, à Charing Cross, à Londres.
- Watkins, Francis, 1723-1782.
- Date:
- [1777?]
- Ephemera
About this work
Also known as
Francois Watkins, opticien, à Charing Cross, à Londres.
Description
Leaflet (in English and French) advertising Francis Watkins' optician's business at 5 Charing Cross in London. They made glasses, microscopes, telescopes, opera glasses, mirrors, box cameras, barometers, thermometers, hydrometers, air pumps, hydrostatic balances, mathematical and philosophical instruments. The blank space below the two blocks of text in decorative borders was used for bills / receipts on occasion.
Publication/Creation
London : Francis Watkins, [1777?]
Physical description
1 broadside ; 29 cm
Contributors
Notes
Copy 1. Bears a 1777 handwritten bill made out to Thomas John Storer for a barometer, thermometer, hydrometer and a large measuring wheel and a note of receipt of payment dated 30 January 1779 and signed by (Walter? William?) Watkins.
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPH668Location Access Closed storesEPH668:2Note