print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1900,0613.139
Title: Object: WIlliam Caxton, / The first English printer.
Description: 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
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Production date: 1824
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Dimensions: Height: 108 millimetres (border around image); Width: 61 millimetres (border around image)
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: John Johnson; Representation of: William Caxton
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Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1900,0613.139

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