Printing Press Collection

Printing the Daily Telegraph newspaper, London, c1900 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Friedrich Koenig, German inventor, 1883. Creator: Unknown
Friedrich Koenig, German inventor, 1883. Koenig (1774-1833) is best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press. From "Illustration", 1883. (Colorised black and white print)

Jean Grolier and Aldus Pius Manutius, 1880. Creator: Yenetta
Jean Grolier and Aldus Pius Manutius, 1880. French book collector Grolier (c1479-1565), seated, with Italian humanist and printer Aldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515) who founded the Aldine Press

Sketches in the International Exhibition, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the International Exhibition at South Kensington, [London], 1871

A father of printing: Gutenberg - 1400-1468, 1909. Creator: Unknown
A father of printing: Gutenberg - 1400-1468, 1909. At the Sign of St. Paul's'

Printing the Bain News Service photos using a Bain-McDonald auto printer, between c1910 and c1915

Bone at the press, 1908. Creator: Francis Dodd
Bone at the press, 1908

Statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem, 1780-1836. Creator: Johannes Jelgerhuis
Statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem, 1780-1836

Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Tu veux te frotter a la presse!!, 1833. Printer, crushing colleague in printing press: Ah! You want to rub shoulders with the press!!'

Visit of the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred to Messrs. Day and Son's Lithographic Establishment, [London], 1856

Goudy, Frederick, Mr. at his printing press, 1924 Mar. 15. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Goudy, Frederick, Mr. at his printing press, 1924 Mar. 15

Roaring Girl, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Roaring Girl, Los Angeles, [193-]. Hollywood Playhouse..."Roaring Girl" by John C. Moffitt...Federal Theatre Project - Div. of W.P.A.'

Bureau engraving & printing - stamp division, between 1890 and 1910. Photograph shows interior view with women working at machines in the stamp division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Stamp Division, between 1889 and 1890. Photograph shows woman and man printing sheet of stamps

Self-Portrait, 1897. Creator: William Strang
Self-Portrait, 1897

De près ou de loin tous les métiers ont besoin d'être touchés par un reflet de l'art
De pres ou de loin tous les metiers ont besoin d'etre touches par un reflet de l'art : Les metiers : Esquisse pour la salle de dessin de l'ecole de la rue Dombasle

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing workshop

Interior of the Lemercier Lithographic Printing House, n.d. Creator: Charles Villemin
Interior of the Lemercier Lithographic Printing House, n.d. Probably by Charles Villemin

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing works

Stamp machine, between 1910 and 1917. Postage stamps being printed

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

Pressmen at work in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899 or1900

The inland printer. Christmas number MDCCXCIX, c1899 (?). Creator: William H Bradley
The inland printer. Christmas number MDCCXCIX, c1899 (?)

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Compositors working in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899 or1900

Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: Benoit-Louis Prevost
Card-Maker, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

British Institution Exhibition - "The First Impression" - painted by H. Selous, 1850. Engraving of a painting in a London exhibition:one of Mr

Richard March Hoe, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Richard Hoe, between 1855 and 1865. [Inventor: designed a rotary printing press]

Trade Card for Strakers Improved Lithographic Presses, 19th century

Printing Press Roller, c. 1938. Creator: Manuel G. Runyan
Printing Press Roller, c. 1938

Huck Press experimental plate proof, 1957. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Huck Press experimental plate proof, 1957. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing adopted state-of-the-art printing technologies that transformed stamp production

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

Marriage a la Mode: pl. 3, 1745. Creator: Bernard Baron
Marriage a la Mode: pl. 3, 1745

Lithographer, 1874. Creator: Unknown
Lithographer, 1874

Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Developpement de la Presse: pl. II, 1771 / 1779
Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Developpement de la Presse: pl. II, 1771/1779. [Engraving works: development of the printing press]

Imprimerie en Taille Douce: pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Unknown
Imprimerie en Taille Douce: pl. I, 1771/1779. [Printing and engraving workshop]

Copper Plate Printers at Work, Folio from the Davis Album, Iran, dated A. H. 1199 / A. D
Copper Plate Printers at Work, Folio from the Davis Album, Iran, dated A.H. 1199/A.D. 1784-85

Cover for "L estampe originale"(Couverture de "L estampe originale")
Cover for " L estampe originale" (Couverture de " L estampe originale" ), 1893

The Intaglio Printers, 1642. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Intaglio Printers, 1642

Trade card for George Odell, Printer, 19th century. Creator: Anon
Trade card for George Odell, Printer, 19th century

Trade Card for Thomas Harper, Copper Plate Printer and Stationer, 18th century

Portrait d un graveur, 1860s-70s. Creator: Unknown
Portrait d un graveur, 1860s-70s

Cover for L Estampe originale, Album I, publiee par les Journal des Artistes, 1893. Printer Pe?re Cotelle presenting cabaret performer Jane Avril with a newly printed artwork

The Progress of the Century - The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat. 1876

Z. Zansz, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen &
Z. Zansz, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

William Caxton, (c1422-c1491), 1890. Creator: Unknown
William Caxton, 1890

Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468), 1936. Creator: Unknown
Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468), 1936. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c1398-1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher who introduced printing to Europe

Dalziel Foundry Limited. - Earl Street Premises. Finishers and Sundry Finishing Plant, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh - Letterpress Machine Department, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh - Letterpress Machine Department, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

An Early Printers Office, c1930. Creator: Unknown
An Early Printers Office, c1930. From a 16th-century engraving. From " The Worlds Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O Neill. [T. C. & E. C

Litho-press, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Litho-press, 1951. Printing press for producing lithographic prints. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Acta Diurna (Daily Acts or Daily Public Records). The first proto-newspaper, ca 131 BC. Found in the Collection of Museo della Civilta Romana

2 men operating map printing press at U.S. Geol. Survey, (1900?)

Printing press room, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. (Boarding school for Native American students, founded in 1879 under US governmental authority)

Checking print, the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. A printworker checking the print from a Heidelberg press

The Model Printing Press Co. 1910. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]

Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia, c1906, (1907)

The Pilgrimage of Perfection, 1531, (1946). Artist: Wynkyn de Worde
The Pilgrimage of Perfection, 1531, (1946). Wynkyn de Worde, a printer and publisher in London is recognized as the first to popularise the products of the printing press in England

Patent vertical printing machine, Great Exhibition, London, 1851. Applegath printing machine belonging to the The Illustrated London News. A print from The Illustrated London News, 31 May 1851

Gold-blocking press, 1886. Machinery for bookbinding and printing

Day & Sons lithography workshop, 1856. The visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and his brother Prince Alfred to Messrs Day and Sons lithographic establishment

Duplicate of Franklins Press, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Duplicate of Franklins Press, (1881)

Printing presses, late 19th century?

Cockerel and the Printing Press, 1926 (wood engraving)

Caxton in his Printing Shop, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

A proofing press with plates at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. The company printed may well-known brochures and publications which included Rolling Stone Magazine

Setting up a Meihle two colour flat bed printer press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968

A print room, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
A print room, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. A general view showing a Royal cylinder press in the foreground and Meilhe presses in the background

Meilhe two colour printing machine in operation at a printers, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959

Heidleberg cylinder press in operation at a printworks, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The tubes are spaying the pages with anti set off powder which prevents the pages from marking

A print room in operation, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
A print room in operation, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. A busy view of a late 1950s print room in operation showing the printing presses

Checking printed pages from a two colour press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Printed pages being checked at a South Yorkshire printing company

The London Gazette, 1674. Found in the Collection of British Library

Nieuwe Tijdingen (Antwerp Gazette), 1622. Found in the Collection of Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent

La Gazette (Gazette de France), 1631. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Gazzetta: Dalmatia & Albania, 2 Soldo, Republic of Venice. (Reverse), 1684. Private Collection

Aviso. Relation oder Zeitung. Title page of the first edition, 1609. Found in the Collection of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek

Johann Gutenberg 1400-1468, 1934. Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468), German metalworker and inventor who invented a method of printing from movable type. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

The U. S. A. Government Printing Office also operates 126 Casting Machines, 1916
The U.S.A. Government Printing Office also operates 126 Casting Machines, 1916. The U.S.A. Government Printing Offices establishment, Washington D.C. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX

View in the press room of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Long Island City, New York, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at Westminster
William Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at the Almonry, Westminster, c1477 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol

Printing press in Havana 1723, 1920s
Printing press, Havana in 1723. Printing was introduced to Havana in 1720 by Carlos Habre (French), who published a Letter of slavery to the Holiest Virgin of the Rosary

Printing presses, 19th or 20th century. Artist:s Miller
Printing presses, 19th or 20th century

Printworkers harrassed by skeletons, 1499 (1956). From A Dance With Death

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