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Last Name Sprague

Given Name Robert W.

alt. Names R. W. S. ; Sprague & Co ;

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Year born 1883 fl.

Year died 1898 fl.

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Country of Activity England, UK

Worked for Edward A. Cowper: On the inventions of James Watt and his models, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 34 (1883: plate 56) ;

Patronage Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London ;

Collaborators technical draughtsman -> L. H. Michael ;

Techniques architectural and technical lithography ; photomechanical printing ("ink-photo") ;

Sample(s) https://canmore.org.uk/collection/370497 ; https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/189784

Archival sources https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/189784 ; www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/organisation/sprague-and-co-ltd

Published sources Bamber Gascoigne: How to Identify Prints. A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet" (London: Thames & Hudson 2004) ;

other on a print from 1884, the address of Sprague & Co. was given as follows: "Sprague and Co Ltd 69 and 70, Dean S1 London, Soho". in 1887, their address was: 22 Martins Lane, Cannon St, London, EC (see https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co419478/print-a-locomotive-record-1887-print ); another print from 1898 is signed: "Ink-photo. Sprague & Co. Ltd. 4 & 5, East Harding Street, Fetter Lane, E.C."; In "How to identify prints" (2004), one finds the commentary: Sprague and Co., a London firm that developed the 'ink-photo' technique, a type of lithographic printing, in the early 1880s".
The firm of printers specialized in photomechanical process (ink photo) was active in London from around 1870 until 1913.

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