Letterpress printing blocks and plates, 1881-1960
Letterpress printing blocks and plates, 1881-1960
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Full title
Date
1881-1960
Call Numbers
R 2203
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Physical Description
Contents
16 printing blocks - wood, metal
2 printing plates - metal
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection of blocks are predominantly wood with images and text either engraved in the front or engraved in metal and nailed on the front - No Rubber. These include full page miniature blocks of pages of the paper from 1881. Blocks with sketches of the Hunter street building, illustrations and cartoons.
R2203 Item 1: Letterpress printin...
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Full title
Letterpress printing blocks and plates, 1881-1960
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
"The discovery and ultimate perfection of acid engraving, for the production of printing blocks, has done considerably more to revolutionise the art of printing photographic reproductions and other illustrations than the linotype has done to revolutionise operations in respect to typography. Where as newspapers could still, with adequate organisati...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 2203
Record Identifier
1l42o6V1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l42o6V1
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Reference code
9604091
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