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[[image:Im20110923Aber-Albion1862.jpg|thumb| 1862. Exhibit at the [[Ceredigion Museum]]. ]] | [[image:Im20110923Aber-Albion1862.jpg|thumb| 1862. Exhibit at the [[Ceredigion Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1932RWPope.jpg|thumb| 1832. Printing Press No. 277 in [[Dorset County Museum]], made by [[Jonathan and Jeremiah Barrett]], Exors of [[R. W. Cope]] of Finsbury]] | [[Image:Im1932RWPope.jpg|thumb| 1832. Printing Press No. 277 in [[Dorset County Museum]], made by [[Jonathan and Jeremiah Barrett]], Exors of [[R. W. Cope]] of Finsbury]] | ||
[[Image:JD 2016 Cambridge Ullmer.jpg|thumb|Albion Press made by [[Frederick Ullmer]], at [[Cambridge Museum of Technology]]]] | |||
The Albion press is an all-metal hand printing press, originally designed and manufactured in London by [[Richard Whitaker Cope]], c.1820. | The Albion press is an all-metal hand printing press, originally designed and manufactured in London by [[Richard Whitaker Cope]], c.1820. | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 18 February 2020
The Albion press is an all-metal hand printing press, originally designed and manufactured in London by Richard Whitaker Cope, c.1820.
It worked by a simple toggle action, unlike the complex lever-mechanism of the Columbian press and the Stanhope press.
Albion presses continued to be manufactured until the 1930s, in various sizes.
After Cope's death, Albions were manufactured by his heirs and members of the Hopkinson family (trading initially as Jonathan and Jeremiah Barrett and later as Hopkinson and Cope), who are said to have improved the design.
From the 1850s onwards Albion presses were manufactured under licence by other firms, notably Harrild and Sons, Miller and Richard, and Frederick Ullmer Ltd.
The Albion press was copied in France by Giroudot, under the name Gutenberg press.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Wikipedia entry, accessed 18 Feb 2020