Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire - Nichols & Son - 1832
Huntingdon map - Nichols & Son 25 Parliament Street London. Dated 1832.
The story of the Nichols printing office starts in 1759 when John Nichols (1745-1826), the son of Edward Nichols, a baker, is apprenticed to printer William Bowyer. He obtained his freedom after the customary seven years but did not set up business on his own. He entered a partnership with his former master and in April 1766, their first joint publication came from the press, which was then situated in Temple Lane, Whitefriars.
Shortly afterwards they moved the business to Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, frequently referred to as Red Lion Court. When Bowyer died in 1777 Nichols inherited the business, together with Bowyer’s extensive Classical library and “the old bureau in the little back room which I give to Mr John Nichols my present partner in business to survey and preserve my papers”. Nichols continued the business in Red Lion Passage, with its lucrative printing contracts to learned societies and Parliament, on his own.
A year later he acquired a significant share in the Gentleman’s Magazine, which he and his successors printed and edited until 1856. These days the whole stretch between Fleet Street and Pemberton Row is called Red Lion Court, but the top part used to be the Passage, although that name was not used consistently. When the printing house and warehouse were destroyed by fire in February 1808, Nichols and his son, John Bowyer Nichols, rebuilt the premises and continued in business.
Print is accompanied by a card mount and protective sleeve as seen in the photos.
Huntingdon map - Nichols & Son 25 Parliament Street London. Dated 1832.
The story of the Nichols printing office starts in 1759 when John Nichols (1745-1826), the son of Edward Nichols, a baker, is apprenticed to printer William Bowyer. He obtained his freedom after the customary seven years but did not set up business on his own. He entered a partnership with his former master and in April 1766, their first joint publication came from the press, which was then situated in Temple Lane, Whitefriars.
Shortly afterwards they moved the business to Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, frequently referred to as Red Lion Court. When Bowyer died in 1777 Nichols inherited the business, together with Bowyer’s extensive Classical library and “the old bureau in the little back room which I give to Mr John Nichols my present partner in business to survey and preserve my papers”. Nichols continued the business in Red Lion Passage, with its lucrative printing contracts to learned societies and Parliament, on his own.
A year later he acquired a significant share in the Gentleman’s Magazine, which he and his successors printed and edited until 1856. These days the whole stretch between Fleet Street and Pemberton Row is called Red Lion Court, but the top part used to be the Passage, although that name was not used consistently. When the printing house and warehouse were destroyed by fire in February 1808, Nichols and his son, John Bowyer Nichols, rebuilt the premises and continued in business.
Print is accompanied by a card mount and protective sleeve as seen in the photos.
Huntingdon map - Nichols & Son 25 Parliament Street London. Dated 1832.
The story of the Nichols printing office starts in 1759 when John Nichols (1745-1826), the son of Edward Nichols, a baker, is apprenticed to printer William Bowyer. He obtained his freedom after the customary seven years but did not set up business on his own. He entered a partnership with his former master and in April 1766, their first joint publication came from the press, which was then situated in Temple Lane, Whitefriars.
Shortly afterwards they moved the business to Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, frequently referred to as Red Lion Court. When Bowyer died in 1777 Nichols inherited the business, together with Bowyer’s extensive Classical library and “the old bureau in the little back room which I give to Mr John Nichols my present partner in business to survey and preserve my papers”. Nichols continued the business in Red Lion Passage, with its lucrative printing contracts to learned societies and Parliament, on his own.
A year later he acquired a significant share in the Gentleman’s Magazine, which he and his successors printed and edited until 1856. These days the whole stretch between Fleet Street and Pemberton Row is called Red Lion Court, but the top part used to be the Passage, although that name was not used consistently. When the printing house and warehouse were destroyed by fire in February 1808, Nichols and his son, John Bowyer Nichols, rebuilt the premises and continued in business.
Print is accompanied by a card mount and protective sleeve as seen in the photos.
Code : A464
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Nichols & Son
Date : Publication Place / Date - 1832
Size : Sheet size: Image Size: 17.5 by 23 cms.
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine - Antique
Grading A
Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.
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