Accession No

6200

Brief Description

print of black and white etching of a phonograph, including details of certain components with written labels, c. 1850-1950

Origin

Maker

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

width 165mm; height 245mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

PHONOGRAPH.

Description Notes

Print of black and white etching of a phonograph, including details of certain components with written labels.

Main image is of the complete phonograph, labelled “1. Elevation of Phonograph.”

To the left of this is a close up of music foil, labelled “2. Enlargement of indentations on tinfoil.”

Below these are three close up images, labelled with the numbers 3, 4 and 5 and described as “Details of mouthpiece, diaphragm & needle.”

In the very bottom left of the image is written “Vol. 10”

NOTE: £3 was hand-written in pencil on the front of the image [now erased]

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