Harding, Richard (1789-1793)
Harding, Richard
Berwick Street, Soho, London; carver and gilder to the King (fl. 1789–93)
Harding's 1791 trade card gives his address at no. 7, and reads ‘Carver and Gilder to Her Majesty’.
A full-length mezzotint portrait of George III in a frame with label printed ’Harding, CARVER & GILDER, to His Majesty, No. 7 Berwick Street, SOHO. Makes all sorts of Picture and Glass Frames, Girandoles, Tables, Brackets &c. in the neatest Manner and on the most Reasonable Terms.’ is illustrated in Gilbert (1996), figs 469-470.
Sources: DEFM; Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (1996).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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