print; poster; advertisement Limomachia

Print made by: Raphael Pinion

1780-1788

paper; etching; letterpress

British Museum

Poster advertising Raphael Pinion's Limomachia, 'The new invented Machine for taking Likenesses'; at top an illustration, showing, on the right, an aristocrat sitting in front of the tracing mechanism, his head caught in a vice; beside him sits a plump, old woman; on the opposite end, a man in gown activate the mechanism; with long description in letterpress 'To… the Public'. Dated by Banks 1788.Etching and letterpress View more about description