Dickson, Richard

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1714–1748

Business Type: 
Music printer
Address(es): 

Hanover Coffee House, Cork Hill, 1714–?
Crane Lane, opposite the Bear, or, next to the Cheshire Cheese [Also referred to as the Cheshire Cheese, Crane Lane], 1724–25
Dame Street, opposite Castle market, next to the Angel and Bible, or the Seven Stars, 1726–28
Silver Court, next door to the sign of the Golden Hammer and Heart, opposite Rose Tavern, Castle Street, 1728–48

Details: 

Following Dickson's apprenticeship, he joined his mother and step-father, Elizabeth and Gwyn Needham, in partnership. The business comprised two printing presses: Richard and Elizabeth ran one, Gwyn ran the other (Munter).

He took sole responsibility for the business in 1730.

[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: Flood gives the date of 1814 at Cork Hill. Munter gives Hanover Coffee House from 1714 - ?; the Cheshire Cheese, opposite the Bear, Crane Lane from 1724 to 1727; next to the Angel and Bible, or Seven Stars, opposite Castle Market, Dame Street from 1725 to 1728 and Silver Court, next door to the sign of the Golden Hammer and Heart, opposite Rose Tavern, Castle Street from 1728 to 1748. Pollard gives the Crane Lane address from 1724 to 1725, the Angel and Bible address from Jan. 1726 to Feb. 1728 and the Silver Court address from 1728 to after 1746.]

Select Product/Work List: 

Printed

  • 'Song in honour of St Cecilia's Day, sung in St Patrick's Cathedral on this Twenty-third Day of November, 1730' (Dublin Journal, cited in Flood)
    • See Also: 

    Needham, Gwyn

    Source(s): 

    Flood, W.H. Grattan, 'Music-Printing in Dublin from 1700 to 1750', The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th ser., 38.1 (30 September 1908), 236–40 (p. 238)

    Munter, Robert, A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland: 1550–1775 (New York: Fordham University Press, 1988), pp. 77–78

    Pollard, M., A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550–1800: Based on the Records of the Guild of St Luke the Evangelist Dublin (London: Bibliographical Society, 2000), pp. 153–54

    Last Update: 12-02-2017