Miss Toplady Cards

"MISS TOPLADY" CARDS (4) TOGETHER WITH "A. J. TOPLADY" CARD (1). The address on the cards is 50 York Street, Buckingham Gate. The cards are from a shop run by Logan Pearsall Smith, Philip Morrell and Percy Fielding in the early 1900s. "Miss Toplady begs to announce that she has taken a place at 50, York Street, Buckingham Gate, for the purpose of selling the antique Furniture, China, Silks, and Brocades she has collected in Italy and other Countries. The Collection includes a few old and elegantly written Books, whose Tone she approves of, and a certain number of Note-Books, suitable for recording the Sentiments and Reflections which the spectacle of Life and Nature inspires. Miss Toplady will be able to undertake the decoration of Houses, the purchasing of out-of-the-way Books, and the procuring from Abroad of objects not to be found in England. Miss Toplady requests to send this card to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Taste among acquaintances." The wording on each card varies, but the message is the same.