Object Details
- Description
- This engraving illustrated the “System of Mechanics” article in the second volume of William Henry Hall, The New Royal Encyclopaedia, or Complete Modern Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (London, 1788). The text at bottom reads “Engraved for Hall’s Encyclopaedia, & Printed for C. Cooke, Paternoster Row.” The “Lodge sculp.” signature in the lower right is probably that of John Lodge, a London engraver.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1790
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 9 in; 38.1 cm x 22.86 cm
- overall: 15 in x 8 13/16 in; 38.1 cm x 22.38375 cm
- Object Name
