Thomas Bostock

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Date:1830 - 1835 (c.)

Description:Portrait of Thomas Bostock 1777-1837.

Thomas Bostock was the founder of the Bostock/Lotus shoe manufacturing dynasty. he was the son of a Derbyshire Cordwainer and was apprenticed to his father as a shoemaker. By 1820 he was making boots and shoes in Gaolgate Street and by 1834 he employed 200 men.

His son Edwin took over the business in 1837.

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Shoe Making 19th Century Costume

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Donor ref:SAMS Acc. No., P99.6.646, img: 3334 (16/3637)

Source: Staffordshire Arts & Museum Service

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