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Specimen Printing types manufactured at the Caslon letter Foundry

1822–50
Not on view

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  • Title: Specimen Printing types manufactured at the Caslon letter Foundry
  • Author: William Savage (British, Howden, Yorkshire 1770–1843 London)
  • Subject of book: Caslon Letter Foundry (London)
  • Artist: John Thurston (British, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 1774–1822 Holloway, London)
  • Artist: William Marshall Craig (British, probably Manchester ca. 1765– ca. 1834)
  • Artist: Thomas Willement (British, London 1786–1871)
  • Artist: George Wilmot Bonner (British, Devizes, Wiltshire 1796–1836 London)
  • Artist: John Varley (British, London 1778–1842 London)
  • Artist: Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (British, London 1779–1844 London)
  • Artist: T. Moule (British, active 19th century)
  • Artist: John Berryman (British, active ca. 1794–1840)
  • Artist: John Preston Neale (British, 1780–1847 Suffolk)
  • Artist: William Henry Brooke (British, London (?) 1772–1860 Chichester, Sussex)
  • Artist: William Henry Hunt (British, London 1790–1864 London)
  • Artist: Richard Thomson (British, 19th century)
  • Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1822–50
  • Medium: Illustration: letterpress
  • Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 10 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (37.8 x 27 x 4.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.44.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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