Printworks 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]

Verdun - Laurent printing shop, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun - Laurent printing shop, between c1915 and 1918. The synagogue of Verdun and a print shop that were damaged during World War I in Verdun, France

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. X

The Staircase with Trophies, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Staircase with Trophies, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. VIII

The Sawhorse, between 1749 and 1750. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Sawhorse, between 1749 and 1750. Series: Invenzioni Capric di Carceri; Edition: first

The Giant Wheel, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Giant Wheel, 1761. From Le Carceri d'Invenzione (II)

Group of columns which support two arches of a great courtyard... c1743. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Group of columns which support two arches of a great courtyard.. c1743. Series: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive, plate 4; Edition: First edition, third issue

Imaginary ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess... c1743
Imaginary ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta: in the center is the great altar on which the Vestal Virgins preserved the inextinguishable sacred fire

Ancient Temple, c1743. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Ancient Temple, c1743. Series: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive, plate 13; Edition: First edition, third issue

Courtyard Surrounded by Porticoes, c1743. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Courtyard Surrounded by Porticoes, c1743. Series: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive, plate 12; Edition: First edition, third issue

The Gothic Arch, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Gothic Arch, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. XIV

The Lion Bas-Reliefs, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. V

The Grand Piazza, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Grand Piazza, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. IV

Entry of M. de Couvonge and M. de Chalabre, 1627. Creator: Jacques Callot
Entry of M. de Couvonge and M. de Chalabre, 1627. Series: Le Combat a la barriere

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

Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. I, 1771/1779. [Wood engraving, tools]

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

Artisans, from the series "An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes"
Artisans, from the series " An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes", 19th century

Finsbury Square, London, 1828. Artist: W Wallis
Finsbury Square, London, 1828. View of the premises occupied by the publishing firm Jones & Co in Finsbury Square. Also showing figures on the street and a horse-drawn carriage

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

Set type broken up after use, the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Set type was broken up after use and separated out into specific compartments for storage

Type being set at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist
Type being set at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Movable type being set on a monotype caster

A monotype keyboard at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist
A monotype keyboard at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. The monotype operators keystrokes caused a reel of paper to be perforated with a series of holes unique to each

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

Stacking finished brochures at a printers, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Stacking finished brochures at a printers, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Stacking folded Selmer musical instrument brochure pages next to the folding machine

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

Linotype block being set in the dye at a printworks, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Movable type pages being set in the chase

A folding machine in a printworks, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. A female worker at work on a Camco folding machine

Page cutting guillotine in use at a South Yorkshire printing company, 1959. Artist
Page cutting guillotine in use at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Printed pages are cut to size

Workers at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Workers using a Knouse 3 knife trimming machine

The binding room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
The binding room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Girls working on a brochure for Selmer Guitars

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

Linotype machine room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Linotype machine room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959

Monotype casting machine at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The caster used perforated tape, produced by the monotype keyboard to produce the type for printing. September, 1959

Design room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Two designers at work on a calendar at the South Yorkshire Printing Co

Monotype keyboards in operation at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The Monotype operators keystrokes caused a reel of paper to be perforated with a series of holes unique to

Newspaper printing, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Newspaper printing, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The ruling up table at the South Yorkshire Times, which was used to check the layouts were in line for the printing process

Blocks being made up at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Blocks being made up at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Furniture was used to space the metal blocks within the chase

Printing Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Long Island City, New York, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Hand composition room, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Long Island City, New York, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

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]

Printworkers harrassed by skeletons, 1499 (1956). From A Dance With Death. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

Newspaper printing on a ten feed semi rotary machine, 1860 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Printing press, 1511, (1893). Title page of Hegesippus, printed by Jodocus Badius Ascensius, Paris, 1511. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

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)

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