Sculptura in Aes, 1580-1605 (c.)

Plate 19, the invention of copper engraving; a printer's workshop is seen; to left, a printing press and a man turning its wheel; a young boy using a stylus in the foreground to left, a man warming a plate and one inking one with a dabber; to right, a man teaching young boys how to draw on plate; prints hang out to dry along the walls; another workshop seen behind engraving. Date: 1580-1605 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 203 mm; Width: 273 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Luigi Alamanni. Collection: British Museum.