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Description: | This decorative print is a voting song in support of Blackett and Fenwick. The two men are probably Sir Walter Blackett, MP for Newcastle from 1734 to 1777, and the Northumberland landowner Robert Fenwick. Joseph Barber was Newcastle's first copperplate printer. His engraving shop was next door to the workshop of Thomas Bewick at Amen Corner beside St Nicholas' Cathedral. Barber also had businesses as a bookseller and chemist. In 1746 he opened the town's first lending library, which contained over five thousand volumes. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1740 to 1770 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Joseph Barber | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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