Printing Plate Collection

Interior view of Printing Department, E. T. I. S. 1903. Creator: Unknown
Interior view of Printing Department, E. T. I. S. 1903

The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bank-Note Printing-Room, at the Bank of England [in London], 1854. The quality and the water-mark of the...paper have in the new Note (now on the point of being issued to the public)

Etching: Biting the Plate, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Etching: Biting the Plate, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Print Shop, 1870, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Perkins Harnly
Print Shop, 1870, 1935/1942

Gravure en Taille Douce: pl. II, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Taille Douce: pl. II, 1771/1779. [Intaglio engraving]

Gravure, Maniere de faire mordre al eau-forte: pl. V, 1771 / 1779
Gravure, Maniere de faire mordre a l eau-forte: pl. V, 1771/1779. [Engraving, method of etching]

Gravure en Taille-douce: pl. III, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Taille-douce: pl. III, 1771/1779. [Intaglio engraving]

Varie Figuraeet Probae, 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Varie Figurae et Probae, 1645

Final Operations in the Foundry. Trimming the Plates and Finishing, 1917. A photograph of the Illustrated London News and the Sketch office. From The British Printer Vol. XXIV

Sheet 15, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 14, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 13, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 12, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 11, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 10, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 9, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 8, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 7, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 6, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 5, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 4, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 3, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 2, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Sheet 1, from a portfolio of alphabets, 1929. From 20 Alphabets and Instructive Plates for Pen & Ink. [James Dorn, London, 1929]

Printing Workshop, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
Printing Workshop, 16th century, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Screen-Printing Wallpaper by Hand at Sandersons, London, c1960s. Artist: Sandersons
Screen-Printing Wallpaper by Hand at Sandersons, London, c1960s. Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, known simply as Sandersons, is a British manufacturer of fabrics and wallpaper, founded in Islington

Hand-Printing of Wallpaper (Sandersons, London), 20th century. Artist: Sandersons
Hand-Printing of Wallpaper (Sandersons, London), 20th century. Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, known simply as Sandersons, is a British manufacturer of fabrics and wallpaper, founded in Islington, 1860

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