Lithographer William Day Produces a Lithograph for Architect James Wilson

In my collection I have a descriptive invoice from the London lithographer William Day to the architect James Wilson of Bath dated April 20, 1842. It contains many details about the different factors and costs involved in preparing and printing a single lithograph.

The  first item on the invoice is the cost of lithographing a subject presumably related to architecture, the specific title of which is unfortunately very difficult to read. This primary cost of £7.0.0 is broken down in to "preparing use of stone for drawing" and "preparing drawing & proofs." There is a second charge of 10 shillings for "preparing surface of stone for Tint" and "making set of proofs of drawing with Tint." "Writing to Drawing", presumably adding a caption or other details, costs another 7 shillings. Finally "printing 100 with Tint on extra thick plate" (paper) costs £2.5.0. Packing in "milled boards" costs 1 shilling; "Carriage of Parcel" appears to be gratis, leaving a total charge for the lithograph of £10.3.0.

In the lower left corner of the invoice William Day has written a personal note to Wilson:

"Dear Sir,

"I shall feel obliged if you shall remit from the above. May the drawing be effaced from the Stone [?]"

"Yours faithfully,

"Wm Day"

Day needed to know whether he had to retain the stone with Wilson's design for a possible reprint, or whether he could reuse the stone for another purpose.

Above Day's note James Wilson wrote on the invoice, "April 29th/ 42 / Rec'd for Wm Day/ James Wilson."