Newspaper
John Bell (1791-1780)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1816
Materials
Paper and printing ink
Measurements
280 mm (width); 396 mm (height)
Place of origin
Drury House Lane
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661942
Summary
A copy of the newspaper 'Bell's Weekly Messenger', dated Sunday May 12th 1816. This has four sheets and is edition number 1050. It is priced eight and a half pence. The frontispiece has 'Bell's Weekly Messenger' in capitals at the top with an outline of a huntsman with horn on a horse with an oval stamp in black. The paper contains an article titles ‘Coroner’s Inquests’ concerning the cruelty and death of a ‘Sweepboy’.
Makers and roles
John Bell (1791-1780), engraver and publisher