[Thomas Cook, travel agent.] Autograph Note Signed to lithographic illustration of his Leicester Temperance Hall and Hotel / Designed by J. Medland Esq., Gloucester .

Thomas Cook (1808-1892), travel agent; Leicester Temperance Hall and Hotel, designed by James Medland (1808-1894), County Surveyor for Gloucestershire

Published by Without date or place but docketed in another hand on the reverse including years and 1867, 1866

About this Item

See Cook s entry in the Oxford DNB. His temperance hall and hotel illustrated here, were built in 1853. The hall was demolished in the 1960s, to be replaced by a building typical of those that blight Leicester in 2011; the council gave permission for the hotel to be demolished to make way for another monstrosity. Sepia lithograph printed in landscape on 20 x 13 cm leaf of laid paper, extracted from a book or pamphlet. Attractive illustration of an imposing structure, with those that flank it, and people and coaches in the foreground. Cook s inscription is written lengthwise and upwards in the right-hand margin. The handwriting is difficult: adopt the [scene?] you have sent / [once?] The [I ll?] track for post [port?] / Yours very truly / Thos Cook . Docketed in another hand on the reverse: No 1 / [?] grants. / 2 Bills for 1866 - paid in /67 / 3 [Shingleton?] Bill - .

Seller Inventory # 25008

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Thomas Cook, travel agent.] Autograph Note Signed to lithographic illustration of his Leicester Temperance Hall and Hotel / Designed by J. Medland Esq., Gloucester .
• Publisher: Without date or place but docketed in another hand on the reverse including years and 1867
• Publication Date: 1866