Object ID:
1994.13.6a
Title:
Embossed metal illustration of lizards
Description:
Realistic tactile picture of lizards cast in relief on rectangular copper plate; raised frame/border with angled corners, filled on reverse with printer's metal; lizard on bottom, labeled "17" in raised letters; different type of lizard above, "16"; raised letters in upper right, "XVIII"; cast into lower center of plate, "K.K. HOF-U. STAATS-DRUCKEREI. WIEN."
Date:
ca. 1890
Made by:
K.K Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
Place of Origin:
Vienna, Austria
Provenance:
Used at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, MA. K.K Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (Press of the Imperial Court and State) was the state printing shop in Vienna, founded in 1803.
Credit Line:
Loaned by the Perkins School for the Blind, 1994.13
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Lizards
Lizards