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• Author/Creator:J.S. Moss & Son (Firm : Manchester, England), creator.
  
• Title:Billhead of J.S. Moss & Son, draper and general outfitter, Manchester.
  
• Production:London, 1881.
  
• Physical Description:1 sheet : illustration ; 27 x 22 cm
  
• Links:View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: TT635 .M67 1881 Box
    
  • Status:No information available 
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    

   
• Notes:"J. Moss, draper, general outfitter, tailor. 23, Market Street, and 2, Corporation Street. Branches for general hosiery & shirt-making at no. 46, Maket Street, (opposite side) and 24 Cross St. Manchester, [Feb 24th], 18[81]."
  Text on either side of engraved image: "Estimates for the equipment of volunteer regiments. Complete outfits for India, China and all parts of the world."
  At head of billhead: "Established in the seventeenth century."
  In manuscript: "Mr. Jessie Ashley, joiner, Leek, to J.S. Moss & Son. 1875, July 10 [illegible]. 16/6" At bottom of the page, in a different hand : "We have this day removed all authority from Mr. J. Weston to transact any business on our behalf, therefore please remit this [illegible] direct to Manchester".
  Completed in pen and black ink.
  
• Summary:Lithographed billhead, featuring an image of the exterior of the J. Moss & Son store at 46 Market Street.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Subjects:J. S. Moss & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
  Clothing and dress--Great Britain.
  Clothing trade--Great Britain.
  Storefronts--Great Britain.
  Military uniforms--Great Britain.
  Woolen goods industry--Great Britain.
  Drapery industry--Great Britain.
  Interiors.
  Manchester (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1881.
  
• Genre/Form:Lithographs--1881.
  Invoices.
  Billheads.
  Blank forms.
  Ephemera.
  
• Also listed under:Ashley, Jessie, active 1881.
  Weston, T., active 1881.