William Porter & Sons, Printers. Sample Book. Album with 36 full-size colour plates, about 55 smaller (up to 4 per page), Manchester, 63 Cannon Street, 1860-1880.
Sample book, chromolithograph plates in bright, almost garish style, the Stationer's Hall copyright on most, many probably labels for Manchester textiles. Rudimentary binder's cloth, worn. Porter's stamps on pastedown.
Many of the samples advertise products. The firm were fabric printers and block printers.