H Gough signature illustrated

[Twice Shooter]

Hi John, Thanks for your post. You aroused my curosity so I looked in the Parker Story and on page 478 it says Harry Gough was listed as a Parker engraver in the Meriden Directory 1883-1887. It also says Henry gough was a contract engraver for Parker Brothers from 1888 through 1898. My thought is, if they printed a directory every year, how long was he there before the 1883 printing? I could not find any reference as to when Charles A. King made the trip to England. Perhaps one of our readers has information on that trip. I think we have more questions than answers. Cheers, Tom