Pen and ink automatic writing on oval sheet of paper, by automaton
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) , ink , glass and lacquer
- Object Number:
- 2014-38/1
- type:
- writing specimen
Pen and ink automatic writing on oval sheet of paper, by automaton
- maker:
- Henri Maillardet
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LicenseEngraved writing on oval sheet of paper
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Engraved writing on oval sheet of paper
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Engraved writing on oval sheet of paper
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pen and ink automatic writing on oval sheet of paper
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Engraved writing on oval sheet of paper, in the style of automaton, 'The Draughtsman-Writer' by Henri Maillardet, Europe, 1825-1835
Henri Maillardet trained in Switzerland and was a partner of Jaquet-Droz and Leschot, the great Swiss automaton makers whose 3 humanoids – the ne plus ultra of 18th century automata-making - remain in Neuchatel. Maillardet’s ‘Draughtsman Writer’ writing automaton, constructed c1798, is one of a handful of eighteenth century figural automata which survive. It was exhibited by Maillardet in London until 1828 and then disappeared from sight in 1835 (by which time it had found its way to St Petersburg) before being acquired by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, in 1928. This is a rare example of writing associated with (or made by) the automaton.
Details
- Category:
- Human Robotics
- Object Number:
- 2014-38
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product), ink, glass, wood (unidentified) and lacquer
- Measurements:
-
overall (frame): 300 mm x 250 mm x 30 mm,
overall (writing): 80 mm x 130 mm
- type:
- writing specimen
- copyright:
- Unknown Copyright holder
- credit:
- Marlborough Rare Books Limited
