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Hewitt Chemist
Collection:Central Lettering Record
Date: 1960s-1980s
Artist: Alan Bartram
Dimensions:
Sheet: 203 × 254 mm (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 203 × 254 mm (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Medium: black & white photograph
Object number: CLR.2023.49.M.1–2
DescriptionTwo instances of the same commercial premises, showing the entire corner building and detail:
lettering on a rounded panel attached to the corner with a mortar and pestle sign on top. The panel includes the shop name and services offered: ‘J. HEWITT PHARMACIST AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMIST. Established 1750’, combining slab serif and serif capital letters with lowercase. At fascia level raised capital unbracketed slab serif letterforms, reading ‘PATENT MEDICINES, TEA, OIL,’ ¸MEDICINES’. The third level shows the signs applied to the window from the inside: ‘PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES ILFORD DEVELOPING & PRINTING’. Location: Ulverston, North West England.
lettering on a rounded panel attached to the corner with a mortar and pestle sign on top. The panel includes the shop name and services offered: ‘J. HEWITT PHARMACIST AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMIST. Established 1750’, combining slab serif and serif capital letters with lowercase. At fascia level raised capital unbracketed slab serif letterforms, reading ‘PATENT MEDICINES, TEA, OIL,’ ¸MEDICINES’. The third level shows the signs applied to the window from the inside: ‘PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES ILFORD DEVELOPING & PRINTING’. Location: Ulverston, North West England.