Reform Flag, Bookbinders of Edinburgh

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

22418

Title

Parliamentary Reform Flag, Bookbinders of Edinburgh

Description

Blue silk flag painted with an identical design on each side. Title scroll, BOOKBINDERS OF EDINBURGH in gold letter; four books over the silver star of reform; motto, in gold lettering Of Making many Books there is no end.

Date

1832

Size

H53.5cm xW190cm

Type

Banner

Location

The People's Story

Accession number

HH3040/66

Carried by the Edinburgh Bookbinders no.36 in the Edinburgh Reform Jubilee Procession, on 10 August 1832 and also in the Reform Demonstration of 1866.
The Edinburgh Union Society of Journeymen Bookbinders was founded in 1822 at a time when Union activity was suppressed. The Union had the support of many local bookbinding workers who feared the spread of unapprenticed labour.

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