Jabez Hare - Engraver
Jabez Hare was a prominent engraver in the 19th century. He was commissioned by many of the notable engineering manufacturers of the era to produce engravings of their products for use in advertisements and catalogues. This advertisement provides details of his services and lists several notable clients.
Page 174 Farmer's Almanac.
JABEZ HARE, MECHANICAL AND PERSPECTIVE DRAUGHTSMAN, AND ENGRAVER ON WOOD, 10, NELSON SQUARE, BLACKFRIARS ROAD, LONDON,
Respectfully tenders his grateful thanks to his friends the Civil and Agricultural Engineers, Machinists, and Inventors, for their continued and extending patronage, and ventures to hope that the experience he has had in delineating and engraving machinery of every description, will enable him to meet the increased demands with corresponding efficiency and promptness.
Vignettes and title pages designed; and machinery or other subjects tastefully grouped.
J. H. has been kindly permitted to refer to the following gentlemen, amongst many others who have favoured him with their patronage:-
- Mr. Morton, director, Earl of Ducie's ironworks, Uley, Gloucestershire;
- C. Manby, Esq., secretary to the Institution of Civil Engineers, George Street, Westminster;
- T. Oldham, Esq., engineer to the Bank of England;
- C. May, Esq., civil engineer, Ipswich;
- J. Row, Esq., civil engineer, 7, Hatton-Garden, London;
- Messrs. J. R. and A. Ransome, ironfounders, Ipswich;
- Mr. Wedlake, Hornchurch, Essex;
- Mr. R. Garret, ironfounder. Leiston, Suffolk;
- Mr. C. Grant, agricultural depĂ´t, Stamford, Lincolnshire;
- Mr. J. Cooch, Harleston, near Northampton;
- Mr. Walker, inventor and patentee of the celebrated hydraulic engine, King William-street, London;
- Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Andrewes, ironworks, Kates Grove, Reading, Berkshire;
- Mr. Gardiner, machinist, Banbury, Oxon;
- Madame Tussaud and Sons, Baker-street, Oxford- street;
- Messrs. Brown and Green, patent cooking stove manufacturers, King William- street;
- Mr. Dean, engineer and millwright, Birmingham;
- Mr. Wilkinson, agricultural depot, Oxford-street;
- Mr. Balls Garrett, Maidstone; Mr. Fox, wire worker and weaver, 36, Great Pearl-street, Spitalfields;
- Messrs. Cottam and Hallen, engineers, Winstanley- street, Oxford-street;
- Mr. C. Botten, brass founder, and patentee of the gas meter, Farringdon-street;
- James Hunt, Esq., Brade's steel works, near Birmingham;
- Mr. Edward Hill, Brierly-hill ironworks, near Dudley;
- Mr. T. Etheredge, patentee of improved tile-making machine, Woodlands, near Southampton;
- and the Proprietors of the "New Farmers' Journal."
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