The original trade plate for W Bacon, the rectangular engraving with the Legend of Sir Walter Raleigh being doused with water by his horrified servants in an attempt to put out the fire, inscribed to the side W. BACON, Tobacconist, 8 Star Alley, Fenchurch Street, Dealers in Foreign & Fancy Snuffs & Segars of every description. Snuffs packed for the East & West Indies -- 2¾in. x 4in., framed and glazed, with a reproduction of the card produced; and a letter to the purchaser form F.L.C. Myers, a former employee of the Firm. (2)

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The original trade plate for W Bacon, the rectangular engraving with the Legend of Sir Walter Raleigh being doused with water by his horrified servants in an attempt to put out the fire, inscribed to the side W. BACON, Tobacconist, 8 Star Alley, Fenchurch Street, Dealers in Foreign & Fancy Snuffs & Segars of every description. Snuffs packed for the East & West Indies -- 2¾in. x 4in., framed and glazed, with a reproduction of the card produced; and a letter to the purchaser form F.L.C. Myers, a former employee of the Firm. (2)
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Provenance as above.

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