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Engraving of a woman in a robe beside a wooden printing press, labelled 282 Printing, within an oval frame.

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
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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