Patent Model of a Copy Holder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-09-22
name: label: patentee
content: Nutting, Benjamin F.
label: maker
content: Nutting, Benjamin F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a portable and adjustable copy holder on which the reader could tilt the manuscript backwards or spin it sideways, "with reference to light, etc., to suit himself." The invention was granted patent number 155202. Nutting (1803-1887) was one of the first generation of American lithographers, working at the profession as early as 1826. Later in his life he was also an art teacher, and published a series of art teaching manuals.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22843
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 155202
label: catalog number
content: 22843
label: catalog number
content: GA*22843
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, copy holder
label: Object Name
content: Drawings, Batch of
label: Object Name
content: manufacture, engraving blocks
label: Object Name
content: drawings, batch of
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 9.5 cm x 6 cm; 1 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in