Trader Details

Details for: GIRTIN, Thomas

Name: GIRTIN, Thomas
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 2 St Martin's le Grand. 35 Drury La. 25 Henrietta St. 6 Long Acre. 50 Drury La. 1 Scott's Pl &c
Book Trades: Engraver/etcher
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1794 (before) - 1802
Biographical Dates: 1775 (date of birth) - 1802 (date of death)
Notes: Pupil of his stepfath. Apprenticed to Ed Dayes but imprisoned for refusing to serve out his indentures
Sources:
  • Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
    Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)


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