The interior of a printing shop with four men engaged in various stages of the printing process including typesetting, inking, pulling the printed sheets, and binding. Sheets are shown drying overhead. Each figure and equipment is keyed, A-K.
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Printers, Printing industry, Printing presses, and Type setting
A journal kept by Horace Walpole that documents the opertaion of the Strawberry Hill Press, his private press at his home Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, England). Starting on 25 June 1757 with the erection of the press by William Robinson, the first of ...
Description:
Title from text at head of page 1, in Walpole's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810., Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,, and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
A trade card for Thomas Martin, illustrated around the perimeter with tools of his trade including various kinds of knives and a fork, scissors, pocket books, belt buckles, and cocks. Also in three corners are images of a composer seated before type ...
A trade card for Thomas Sabine, illustrated with tools of the printing trade along the tops and sides and below with three illustrations showing tradesmen at work: at a rolling press, a composer in front of type drawers, and two men working a letter p...
Alternative Title:
Thomas Sabine, letterpress and copper plate printer
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Thomas Sabine
Subject (Topic):
Occupations, Printers, Printing, Printing presses, Printmaking equipment, and Typesetting
