
Printing: allegorical figure beside a printing press
An engraved oval plate shows a robed woman with a flowing sash, holding a staff topped with a bird-like finial, beside a wooden printing press. The plate is numbered 282 and labelled Printing, with a hatched landscape behind.
- Artist
- Cesare Ripa
- Date
- 1709
- Medium
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 3241 × 4000 px
Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier C · as stated by the source: CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier C · as stated by the source: CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)





