print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1909,0406.73
- Title
- Object: Head Piece.
- Description
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Three small images on printmaking within octagonal horizontal ornamental design; at left, a frame and case, with a man composing; at centre, a man printing on Ruthven's printing press; at right, an imposing stone and frame, with a man correcting a form; impression cut and pasted onto a sheet, together with two other impressions printed in different colours, and cutting of explanatory text in letterpress below; illustration to Savage's 'Practical hints on decorative printing' (1822); after Willement. 1822
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in shades of brown
- Production date
- 1822
- Dimensions
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Height: 40 millimetres (image)
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Width: 129 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1909,0406.71 and 1909,0406.72 for two other impressions printed in different colours on the same sheet.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Practical hints on decorative printing
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1909,0406.73
