LC control no. | n 85008388 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Darton, William, 1755-1819 |
Birth date | 1755 |
Death date | 1819-08 |
Found in | Tuke, J. Map of the County of York, 1787 (a.e.) map recto (Wm. Darton, Engr., London) His Little truths better than great fables, 1794 (name not given) LC in RLIN, 4/11/85 (hdg: Darton, William, 1755-1819) The Dartons, 2002: CIP galley (b. 1755, son of John Darton, Tittenham, Middlesex; at 14 apprenticed for 7 yrs to an engraver in London; in 1779, shopkeeper in Tottenham; moved to London in 1787, setting up initially at 4 White Lion Alley, Birchin Lane; self described 'Engraver, Stationer and Printer'; same year issued his first children's book from that address; in 1788, moved to no. 55 Gracechurch Street; the firm continued at this address until its closure in 1846; d. in August 1819) |
Invalid LCCN | n 83220644 |