Lavey, John, Bill for a coffin for Doctor Thompson , 1817
- Title(s):
Bill for a coffin for Doctor Thompson : manuscript.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, 1817.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ; 12 x 19 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsIn ProcessYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13211722
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- "To making a full mounted coffin and furnishing, timber and nails, for the deceased Doctor Thompson £2. 5s. 6d. To engraving the breastplate 2s." The bill is signed by the coffin maker John Lavey, and receipted October 11, 1817.
- Subject Terms:
- Coffin industry -- Great Britain.Coffins -- Great Britain.Death care industry.Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Thompson, Doctor, -1817.
- Form/Genre:
- Invoices.
Financial records.
Ephemera. - Export:
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