Sujet

'Duplicate of Franklin's Press', (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Duplicate of Franklin's Press', (1881). Franklin's Press was said to have been used by American scientist, diplomat and politician Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) in John Watts's printing shop in London in 1726. Franklin was also a printer, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and one of the authors of the US Declaration of Independence. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D50_309

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,3Mo (4,2Mo) / 33,6cm x 45,0cm / 3971 x 5310 (300dpi)

Mots clés

ville Londres le travail technologie pays métier Britannique Anglais machine machines endroit siècle La Grande-Bretagne profession B&W presse MONOCHROME publication 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W éditeur 18e siècle Dix-huitie siècle dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector Old and New London Unknown Edward Benjamin Walford Benjamin Franklin Franklin Edward Walford Cassell & Company Ltd Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company Franklin's Press