What might you be able to tell me about this print?

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What might you be able to tell me about this print?

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I'm not even sure it depicts real machines or just stylized?
(At least the center horn seems to be levitating...
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It's s stylised print by Lithographic printers

there is book about them

A history of Stafford & Co Ltd : lithographic, pictorial, letterpress, general and commercial printers, Netherfield, near Nottingham

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pics look better upright :D
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By the way how big is the print ?

here is one they printed of Vesta Tilley :)
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Rather stylized: bottom appears to be a Pathé, with a "Système Vérité"; the middle is obviously a Gramophone Co. product (although the horn cradle is obviously missing). As for the top machine, I'm not sure.

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soundgen: Yes, better upright! Thank you for fixing. (Oddly, they WERE upright on the device I used to post them!?) The print is about 4' tall x 3' wide (upright! :P )

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I saw that print in the Marty History Of The Phonograph Book.
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Schlick wrote:soundgen: Yes, better upright! Thank you for fixing. (Oddly, they WERE upright on the device I used to post them!?) The print is about 4' tall x 3' wide (upright! :P )
that is a nice big print , I've never seen one in the flesh bus as the last post said it was in Marty's book

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Anyone know what is is? It's not advertising, the machines are just "so close but no cigar."

Was it art? I find the range of machines and the stray accoutrements very visually appealing. I like soaking it in and wondering what all the things are... and if they are even real.

Could it be I'm more sophisticated than I thought? :lol:

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