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Half-tone Engraving: How to Obtain a Patent, Copp & Co. Patent Attorneys, Washington, D.C.

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
At top, on a banner across a shield: HOW TO OBTAIN / A PATENT. Below, facade of the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. On either side, circular portraits of three American inventors, with HOWE, BELL, and EDISON at left and FRANKLIN, McCORMICK, and MORSE at right. Below: COPP & CO. / PATENT ATTORNEYS / WASHINGTON D.C. Statue of Liberty, lower left, and Washington Monument, lower right.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913
Date
1898
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Cohen
Medium
Halftone engraving in black ink on paper
Dimensions
Platemark: 14 × 21.7 cm (5 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 23.8 × 31.6 cm (9 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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