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Call Number:

PH-02580

Collection Name:

The "A.B.C." Guide to the Making of Autotype Prints in Permanent Pigments

Creator:

Autotype Company

Sawyer, J. R. (1828 - 1889)

Spink, Henry

No. of Items:

2 items

Span Dates:

1898

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by J. R. Sawyer entitiled The "A.B.C." Guide to the Making of Autotype Prints in Permanent Pigments (London: The Autotype Company, 1893). This copy of the book is the fourth revised edition. lllustrations follow.

958:3705:0001 -- A Child Study, 1898 or earlier, printed 1898, from negative by Henry Spink. Autotype (carbon print), 10.2 x 13.8 cm (image); 13 x 17.1 cm (page);
958:3705:0002 -- Autotype Printing. The Development, 1887 or earlier, printed 1898, by the Autotype Company. Sawyer’s collotype process, 10.8 x 17.4 cm (image); 16.9 x 22.8 cm (page). Image on page which is folded to 16.9 x 12.1 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:3705:0001-0002; Purchase from Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, 1963.

Location(s):

TR 440 S27 1887 HRC-P (964:3704:0001-0002)
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TR 440 S27 1893 HRC-P (958:0317:0001-0002)
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TR 440 S27 1898 HRC-P (964:3705:0001-0002)
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