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Print (Handbill) Advertising an Exhibition of Chess Automaton at the Spring Gardens, Printed by L. Harrison, London, 19th Century

Inventory Number 13202


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13202

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Handbill printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Carbon ink
Physical technique
Print
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 225mm Width: 136mm
Inventory No
13202

Description

Paper handbill advertising the exhibition of an automaton chess player and automaton trumpeter at No. 4, Spring Gardens, London, associated with John Maelzel and Mr. De Kempelen, both of Vienna. Undated.