Geotype Submission

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How does this letter-form communicate its location?

Some sources associate the public house with James Harrison, a young publican who previously worked in his father's pub grocery business at 48 City Quay, and who reputedly obtained a licence for a new pub in the area in May 1819. According to related sources, Harrison sold his business to Cornelius O'Meara, a grocer, tea, wine and spirit merchant, in 1835. O'Meara, who also had another pub at 1 Wood Quay, remained in Temple Bar for around a decade. Other sources, including the NIAH and a date on the gable wall of the building, date the development of the pub to 1840, when the "grocer and spirt dealer" James Farley was operating from the building (then listed as number 54 Temple Bar). The typeface we see here is decorative slab serif of Baskerville I believe. The sign is in tradition with the hand painted style of old along with the red and black colour style that attracts customers to the letter form.

Location

47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland