print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1900,0613.139
- Title
- Object: WIlliam Caxton, / The first English printer.
- Description
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Portrait of WIlliam Caxton, head and shoulders, directed slightly to right, wearing a cap and open cloak; within octagonal design, with outer border of two lines; proof illustration to John Johnson's 'Typographia or the Printers Instructor'. 1824
Wood-engraving on thin paper
- Production date
- 1824
- Dimensions
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Height: 108 millimetres (border around image)
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Width: 61 millimetres (border around image)
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Typographia or the Printers Instructor
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1900,0613.139