Regency Science and Technology: Maillardet’s Automaton

Maillardet's Automaton 1826 plate

La Belle Assemblee, 1806 The 17th century saw the first automaton devices coming into popular imagination.  In the 18th century, the mechanical toy took off, Continue

Regency Advertisements: Edward Orme’s Transparencies

Edward Orme

  Edward Orme was a Regency era engraver, publisher and real estate developer, who made the genre of transparent prints popular through the above advertised title (https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2009/09/edward_ormes_transparent_print.html).  Author Continue