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Patent Model of an Intaglio Plate Printing and Embossing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for an intaglio plate printing and embossing press which was granted patent number 272878. The patent describes a machine with automatic inking and wiping, and the means to print in stripes of multiple colors. The patent was the latest in a series on plate printing machines taken out by Hewitt and was submitted after his death by Minnie Hewitt, administratrix of his estate.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of an Intaglio Plate Printing and Embossing Press. ca 1883. Hewitt, Edward R.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
