Banner, Edinburgh United Tobacconists

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

50856

Title

Banner, Edinburgh United Tobacconists

Description

One painted banner for the Edinburgh United Tobacconists. The banner is white on blue silk, with a Union flag in upper right corner;, above the title, Scottish Regalia, a crown resting on a crossed sword and sceptre, on a red cushion with thistles to either side. Below title, there are a pair of clasped hands in a white starburst, above two tobacconists standing beside a large barrel, both with blue jackets, and waistcoats (pink on left, tan on right), trousers and hats, holding a pouch and a pipe. There are tobacco plants in either lower corner. The lower left corner is missing, the fringe only remains on lower right edge.

Date

1822

Size

185.4 x 43.84 cm

Location

The People's Story

Accession number

HH537/09

Copyright

The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries ; The People's Story

Recorded as being carried at the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in 1822 and described in the official report of the Edinburgh Reform Jubilee, Grand Procession 1832 as being carried by the United Tobacconists. The United Tobacconists may have became the Tobacco Workers' Union formed in 1934

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