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Anatomical drawings; dissection Source: La dissection des parties du corps humain divisee en trois livres / faictz par Charles Estienne
Portrait illustration of Christopher Plantin, an influential French book printer, publisher and renaissance humanist. Date: 1588
Portrait of Johann Froben (Johannes Frobenius in Latin). Famous printer and publisher from Basel
St Brides ChurchSeen from Fleet Street, thanks to a gap caused by a fire : the church has affiliations with printers and journalists. Date: 1825
Richard PynsonRICHARD PYNSON one of the earliest printers in England Date: ? - 1530
17 Gough Square - where Dr. Johnson compiled his dictionary17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, London - where Dr. Samuel Johnson compiled his dictionary in 1748. In the garret (with the slanting roof) his assistants worked
Spain (1808). Constitution of Bayonne. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library
Printing workshop (18th c. ). EngravingPrinting workshop (18th c.). Engraving
Aftermath of fire, Salisbury Square, LondonThe aftermath of a fire in Salisbury Square, at the time the heart of the newspaper world of London. A disastrous fire broke out in Dorset Buildings
Advertisement for Maclure & Macdonald, Lithographers, Draftsmen, Engravers & Printers of London and Glasgow. circa 1883
Silhouette of a street scene
Reed Paper Group advertisement in ILN Coronation numberAdvertisement for Reed Paper Group, supplier of specialist paper to the publishing industry, featuring an illustration of a worker checking a Coronation issue as it comes off the printing presses
National Childrens Home London Branch - Printers RoomThe London branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys are shown in the homes printers room surrounded by printing machinery. Date: Date unknown
Brooklyn Eagle CardTrade card of The Brooklyn Eagle, printers Date: 1885
American Trade CardThe trade card of Ferguson, Thomas & Co, printers of Poughkeepsie, New York Date: 1885
PrintersAmerican Type Founders Co. Printing machines and presses
Composing and Retouching at printing worksComposing and Retouching Studio at the Lund Humphries Printing works in Bradford. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
The Monotype Caster Room at a Printing WorksThe Monotype Caster Room at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. The Gentleman holding the clipboard is recording the results of a production time study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s
Hand Compositor receiving spacing materialsReserve supplies of spacing material are brought to the hand compositor so that his time is not wasted in journeys to the store at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Paper is placed in the printing pressA printer at a print works removes a large printed page from the printing press. The sheet depicts food items, possibly for a recipe book or calendar. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Printing Shop, Darenth Training Colony, KentPrinting shop at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing
Margaret Ctess RichmondMargaret Beaufort, countess of RICHMOND and Derby, wife of Edmund Tudor, 1st earl, mother of Henry VII; founder of colleges and patron of printers : mother of Henry VII
C16 Screw PressTwo printers working at a very primitive screw press : other tools of their trade are also depicted
1457 Printed PsalterPart of the first page of the Latin Psalter, printed by German printers Schoeffer & Fust
Ambroise Firmin DidotAMBROISE FIRMIN DIDOT French scholar, reputed for his Greek studies. He was a member of a famous French family of printers
Benefit Soc. CertificateAllegorical depictions of suffering, succour, prudence, sickness & acts of God. Also carpenters, masons, weavers, printers, blacksmiths, farm worker, bricklayers & engineer
EDWARD TOBY KING Character who took copy to the printers for his renowned bookseller uncle Abel Roper. He was easily recognised by his squint & warts
Revolutionary PrintingRevolutionaries compel printers to print their clandestine publication
Printing, 16th CenturyA printing office showing the compositor, the printers and the proof-reader at work