Catalogue Number
NMLH.1998.23.1
Object Name
Emblem
Title
Be United And Industrious. Amalgamated Society Of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths, And Pattern Makers. This is toCertify That... ...
Place
Blackburn & Lancashire & England & UK
People
Sharples, James; artisans
Date
1852
Creator(s)Sharples, JamesGreatbach, William(engraver)
Description
female angel holding wreaths over engineers heads, cornucopia etc.. Conserved: cleaned April 1998
Amalgamated Society of Engineers emblem, 1852
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers was formed in 1851 and a year later they commissioned James Sharples to design this emblem. Sharples was a self educated man and the model of Victorian respectability. You can see Sharples' drawing tools and sketches in the case opposite.
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