Stanhope press, miniature
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Patent Office
label: maker
content: U.S. Patent Office
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This wooden model of a Stanhope press was manufactured in the late 19th century; it has a height of 11 inches, a width of 7.5 inches, and a length of 11 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Stanhope was invented in England by Charles Earl Stanhope in about 1800. It was a screw press with a stout iron frame. The leverage of the screw was compounded by a system of levers. Very heavy and very powerful, the press was welcomed both in Great Britain and in Europe as a successor to the old wooden presses. Stanhope presses were even imported into the United States, though rarely, before the American iron presses of the 1820s made their appearance.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a much-simplified model made by the U.S. Patent Office for their own reference purposes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Transferred by Department of the Interior, 1906.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Citation: Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.11014
label: catalog number
content: GA*11014
label: accession number
content: 1906.46812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model; Press, printing
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Model; Press, printing; Press, Hand, Stanhope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 7 1/2 in x 11 in; 27.94 cm x 19.05 cm x 27.94 cm