Copying Collection

Monks Copying Manuscript
Monastic copyists replicating manuscripts in the scriptorium of their monastery

Skegness is SO bracing - McGill parody of Hassall poster
Skegness is SO bracing - A Donald McGill parody of the famous Jolly Fisherman poster created by artist John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway (GNR)

James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying
Items produced/used by James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying, 1809. Date: circa 1809

Bust used by James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying. Date: circa 1809

James Watt's Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph), taken at Watt's residence, Heathfield Hall, Handsworth, later owned by George Tangye. Date: circa 1809

Every Inch a Soldier - A youn boy marches past a Guardsman in proud imitation - Buckingham Palace, London Date: circa 1920s

Letter from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh Browne
Letter, 7 Dec 1883 from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh Browne accompanying an explanation of James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph) - see BAW/14/001-2. Date: circa 1809

Bust produced by James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying. Date: circa 1809

James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph)
Page 1 of explanation about James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph), including a sketch of the valves (BAW/14/032) and marked-up photograph (BAW/14/003) which the the note refers to

Advert, Waterlow & Sons, Patent Letter Copying Presses, mahogany stands, stationery cases, etc. 1854

Patent letter-copying presses. 1854

John Isaac Hawkins patent polygraph machine or autopen. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Plate coinage equipment and copying machines. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Pavement artists at work, Bonn, Germany. Date: circa 1960s

Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield 1871
Various scene inside the government-owned rifle factory, Royal Small-Arms Factory, Enfield. Date: 1871

FLEMISH MONK COPYING
A Flemish monk at work on a huge document Date: 15th century

MONK COPYING A MS
A monk copies a manuscript Date: 15th century

MONK COPYING
A monk copies a manuscript Date: 15th century

MONK COPYING, 15TH CENT
A 15th century monk copies a manuscript Date: 15th century

Monk Copyists
A monk copyist at work. It is also the first known picture of a man wearing spectacles. Date: 1352

Humorous British Christmas card - a rather stern-faced guardsman is about to get a shock as a bunch of n er-do-well street urchins are following him with a lot of bangers and rockets...!

Copying a Manuscript
A secretary of Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, copies a manuscript circa 1460

Advert for W. Summerscales & Sons, Victorian items 1888
General Engineers, Corey Lane Works and Phoenix Foundry, Keighley, England. Selection of items for interior and exterior use including, patent Sundale copying press, patent perfect washer

Monk Copyist copying manuscript
A monk copying at his work table. Date: 15th century

British gunner with instruction board, Western Front, WW1
A British gunner under camouflage alongside a big gun, copying instructions from a board, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Silhouette device
A safe and convenient machine to draw silhouettes, design by E Lorsay after Lavater. The subject sits on a seat, illuminated by a candle flame; the artist can then trace the shadow of their profile

Desert Lizards
Two lizards copying one another in the desert! Date: 1930s

Riviera Aerobics Class
A keep fit class doing aerobic exercises with beach balls on the French Riviera, the young women copying the actions of a young male fitness instructor. Date: early 1930s

Copying Schoolboy
A schoolboy tries to copy his neighbours work. Date: late 1960s

Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard by Lippi, Fra Filippino (1406-1469). Date: circa 1910s

Indian Penitents
What may look like headstands is really a position of penitence. These Indian girls are copying the position of the holy ascetics (Saddhus), who sit like this for hours. Date: 1930s

Dr Syntax in a country inn
A lady, caught in a moment of passion with a young man, accidently pours water onto Dr Syntax, who is concentrating on copying the wit of the window. Date: 1813

Monk copyist
It was in the monasteries that books were written and copied. A monk works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: Medieval

The Fashioning of a Fad
Humorous sequential illustration by David Ghilchik poking fun at the merry-go-round of fashion. A smart, trend setting society lady is photographed in the latest fashion - leopard skin - at a Riviera

Boy kneeling in front of a religious statue
A boy kneeling in front of a religious statue of a woman (perhaps a saint) praying. He is holding his hands together in imitation of the statue

Little girl with a Gibraltar Barbary Macaque
A little girl sitting next to a Gibraltar Barbary Macaque (Macaca Sylvanus), trying to imitate its mannerisms. These animals are found on the Upper Rock of Gibraltar

Students Day at the National Gallery, London, 1902
Art students copying paintings in the National Gallery, London, 1902. The students are shown with canvases, brushes and easels

Monk Copying
A monk copyist at his desk, with his lectern at his elbow

Chaplin / Laughing Friend
CHARLIE CHAPLIN (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor does not approve of another actor copying his style

Using a Copying Device
A female employee uses Louis Jamins copying device which copies all documents to perfection, he assures us

Artists at Work
A painter at is easel in Bruges, Belgium is copied by a little boy with his sketch pad and crayons

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