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Cosmopolitan commerce: the Dublin goldsmith Robert Calderwood: in the first detailed reconstruction of the career of one of Ireland's leading eighteenth-century goldsmiths, Alison FitzGerald reveals a spirited, well-connected and highly successful entrepreneur.(Biography)

From: Apollo  |  Date: 9/1/2005  |  Author: FitzGerald, Alison

Surprisingly little has been published on the careers of individual eighteenth-century Dublin goldsmiths. (1) Although there are detailed monographs on leading goldsmiths in London, New York and Philadelphia during this period, nothing comparable exists for Ireland. This is partly because of the absence of business accounts of the kind available for the London goldsmith George Wickes (1698-1761) or his Philadelphia contemporary Joseph Richardson (1711-84). (2) The following article ...

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