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'The Printer's Workshop', 1568. Artist: Jost Amman

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'The Printer's Workshop', 1568. In the background two men are selecting letters from a double-type case, which they then would assemble in a line on a hand-held tray according to the manuscripts pinned beside them. On our right, a youth is inking the lines of type with dabbers, while his companion lifts a printed page off its spikes from the hinged frame. A further hinged frame would be closed over a new sheet, to hold the paper in place as it is folded over the type. The whole assembly is then slid under the press, which is forced down by one horizontal pull of the handle. Woodcut blocks can be printed in this press at the same time as text. From "The Book of Trades" this small, but informative, print is one of 114 woodcuts by Amman illustrating the 'ranks' of society or trades, from paper-maker to pope. Each picture was accompanied by a poem by Hans Sachs. PD, Book 159.D.11 (Bartsch 371)

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART211392

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2171px × 4000px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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