Printed Ephemera — 1818-02-20
A Visit to the Bazaar
Children's book entitled 'A visit to the Bazaar' printed by J Harris. Comprising 92 pages the book includes descriptions and full page illustrations of the main businesses and shops trading within the Soho Bazaar including the optician, shoemaker, toy shop, grocer and print-seller.
The hugely popular Soho Bazaar was owned and built by John Trotter, who had made his fortune supplying the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Concerned with the financial distress of the widows and daughters of Army Officers and anxious to stop the country from pouring 'its happy and innocent virgins into the common sink of London' he converted one of his warehouses into an indoor market for the encouragement of Female and Domestic Industry. Here, from 1816, widows and young women could sell homemade goods such as gloves, lace and jewellery and earn an income. As the Bazaar became more successful so the range of goods on sale increased. The business thrived for many years but finally closed in the 1880s.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- LIB4767
- Object name:
- A Visit to the Bazaar
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Harris, John, H. Bryer
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- Related places:
St Paul's Churchyard (corner of), London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- 1818-02-20
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 131 mm, W 110 mm (open)
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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- Creative commons usage:
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