Object Details
- patentee
- Hewitt, Edward R.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for an intaglio plate printing and embossing press which was granted patent number 272878. The patent describes a machine with automatic inking and wiping, and the means to print in stripes of multiple colors. The patent was the latest in a series on plate printing machines taken out by Hewitt and was submitted after his death by Minnie Hewitt, administratrix of his estate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1883
- patent date
- 1883-02-27
- ID Number
- GA.89797.272878
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 272878
- catalog number
- GA*89797.272878
- Object Name
- press, intaglio plate printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29.2 cm x 31 cm x 28.7 cm; 11 1/2 in x 12 3/16 in x 11 5/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_998832
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-78eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
