Trade card for Margaret Hooke & Son, who ran a shop in Temple Bar selling hosiery, hats and many other accessories, both wholesale and retail. Their card is illustrated with an engraved image of St George slaying the dragon, in reference to their address “at the George next Door to ye Rose Tavern”.

The style of both the engraving and the writing, the types of apparel on offer, as well as the form of the address that uses a sign rather than a number indicates that the card is from the mid-eighteenth century. There are no existing documents recording the presence of a Hooke hosier in Temple Bar during this period, but it is likely that the business was originally established by Margaret’s husband and taken over by her and his son after his death.