Sujet

Fest - tableau for the fourth secular celebration of the invention of the art of printing around ca. 1840

Légende

Print shows an allegorical scene with men working in a printer's shop at presses and setting type beneath a large circle with angels holding a cornucopia over a globe, they are encircled by stars and images of inventions, at the base is '1840'; at the top of the print, between portraits of 'Johannes Guttenberg' and 'Peter Schoeffer', is the date '1440'; at the bottom of the print is a man writing in a large book. Background vignettes show a steamboat and a steam locomotive.

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group/HUM Images

Notre référence

UMG22A25_468

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36,1Mo (3,4Mo) / 23,8cm x 38,0cm / 2808 x 4491 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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