Printing Collection (#13)

The Daily Telegraph printing machine
The Daily Telegraph ten-feeder printing machine in operation

The newly built offices of the Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street
The new offices of the Daily Telegraph in Fleet Street with illustrations of the printing presses and the opening night soiree in the Large Hall

Railway ticket printing machine
A hand leaver ticket printing machine, tickets are printed on every stroke with a consecutive number and discharged in a receiver below. The machine is capable of printing 200 tickets per minute

Thomas Guy
Born in 1644, Guy completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament. He moved to London and spent eight years as a booksellers apprentice

Thomas Guys tomb
The tomb of Thomas Guy in the chapel at Guys hospital. Born in 1644, he completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament

Printing and Mind of Man
Printing and the Mind of Man: a fine example of late Twenties artwork, showing two human figures in the form of modern sculptures

Steam Delivery Lorry
The steam lorry of W.V. Bowater and Sons, of 121 Queen Victoria Street, London, delivering huge rolls of paper which will be used for printing newpapers

Bending the Plates for the Cylinders of the Rotary Printing-

At a Printing Office
A force of Communards prepare to requisition a printing- office, to produce posters and handbills in the Communard cause

Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder
A photograph of Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder, able to automatically transmit and print messages through a phone line, while callers were still conversing

Sketches at the Central Telegraph Establishment
Sketches showing scenes and different types of apparatus used at the Central Telegraph Establishment at the General Post Office, including the type printing telegraph

Printing / Cassells Works
Printing presses at Cassells works, La Belle Sauvage, London

Floor-Cloth Printing
Printing floor-cloth

Senefelder Litho Press
Senefelders hand-operated lithographic press

Printing Example 1691
A very fine example of the use of fonts in 17th century printing

Hands-On Education
To learn the rules of grammar, pupils use the parts of their hands as aids to memory - from Wynkyn de Wordes printing of Lac Pueororum, or Mylke for Chyldren

Staking Plants, C15
A 16th century husbandman plants a stake for climbing plants - illustration to Richard Pynsons printing of The Kalender of Shepardes

Caxtons First Book
Caxtons first printed book - part of the French and English editions of the History of Troy (Histoires de Troyes)

Crucifixion Woodcut
Jesuss cross is prepared while his relatives mourn - illustration to Richard Pynsons printing of The Myrrour of the Blessyd Life of Jhesu Christ

Jesus in the Underworld
Jesus visits Hell to save some of the condemned : from Caxtons printing (circa 1490) of the Speculum Vitae Christi

Caxton Printing
A page from Caxtons edition of Speculum Vite Christi, a theological translation from the German : Adam and Eve are depicted, just about to eat

Out of Mouth of Hell
A demon rides forth from the mouth of Hell to find new victims - illustration to Richard Pynsons printing of The Kalender of Shepardes

Crucifixion Wqoodcut
A soldier pierces Jesuss side to put him out of his torment while his two fellow-crucifees writhe in agony : illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes 1498 printing of the Golden Legend

Nihilist Printing Press
St Petersburg police discover a nihilist printing press on which disrespectful comments are printed about the tsar, the police and other authorities

Three-Colour Chart
A new three-colour chart showing the range of tones which are made available when primary printing colours are combined in varying degrees

Printing in Latin 1687
Scholarly magazines intended for an international readership were at this time printed in Latin, with which every well-read person was expected to be familiar

Shepherds Informed
The Illustrated London News made its debut in coloured journalism on the 22nd December 1855 when the first series of coloured printed pictures appeared in its Christmas supplement

Printing at Bank of Eng
The banknote printing room at the Bank of England, London

Russian Synod Printing
The printing office of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, in the so- called Chinese quarter of Moscow

Lithographer Reads Proof
A lithographer checks a proof just off the machine

Dutch Print Office 1628
A Dutch printing office

Advertisement for Hurst & Wallis, photo supplies, Derby
Advertisement for Hurst & Wallis, All Photo Supplies, Kodak Depot, Film Developing and Printing, Sadler Gate, Derby

Flagellation / Nurnberger
Page 215 of Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik

Nurnberger Chronik
A 15th century, German view of what Babylon may have looked like depicted in Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik

Nurnberger Chronik / Popes
Several popes depicted in Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik: Gregory, Innocent and Adrianus

Gutenbergs Workshop
The reconstruction of Gutenbergs workshop, in the Gutenberg Museum at Mainz, Germany

Devonshire dentists trade card and price list
A Devonshire dentists trade card, including price list

Page from Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik
Page 170 from Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik. Sigmund or Sigismund Meisterlin (c.1425-1490) was a Benedictine monk of Augsburg

LANDSCAPE, 1495
A very early example of illustration in a printed book - a landscape of England (!) in Wynkyn de Wordes Polychronicon

Printing L illustration
L ILLUSTRATION : cross-section of the works at 12, rue Saint- Georges, Paris, where Frances most venerable illustrated magazine was produced until its demise during WW2

Inking a Roller
A boy inking a roller

Press Machinery 1913
Rotary bill machines printing off copies of the Evening News to celebrate the 10, 000th edition

Beatus Rhenanus / Larmessi
BEATUS RHENANUS also known as BILD AUS RHEINAU German humanist who wrote the first history of the Germanic peoples and superintended the printing of Erasmuss works

Jacob Perkins / World Inv
JACOB PERKINS American inventor, especially associated with the printing of bank notes

16th Century Printer
A 16th century French printer, Robert Estienne, with a box of type

Mainz Captured / 1462
The capture of Mainz and the destruction of Peter Schoeffers printing press

Printing / Press-Room / 1887
Men working at printing presses under the glare of electric light

Daily Mail Composing Rm
Anxious moments in the Daily Mail composing room

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