. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Utr^r '/:^]^-,y^^70i Orirf ' J,^J f Figure 20.—Manufacturer's label oI the late 19th centui-y, printed lithographically. (From the Con- stance Meade Collection, Oxford University Press.) 1 lyllir .; I . PaPLR-REAM LABEL ul ttljUlU 1 82 J, pi 111 HCl from compound plates. (From the Constance Meade Collection, Oxford University Press.) his son Charles W'iiiting, continued in business \vith the process until well into the second iialf of the century. In addition to compound-plate printing, Whiting practiced another process patented by Sir Willi
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Utr^r '/:^]^-,y^^70i Orirf ' J,^J f Figure 20.—Manufacturer's label oI the late 19th centui-y, printed lithographically. (From the Con- stance Meade Collection, Oxford University Press.) 1 lyllir .; I . PaPLR-REAM LABEL ul ttljUlU 1 82 J, pi 111 HCl from compound plates. (From the Constance Meade Collection, Oxford University Press.) his son Charles W'iiiting, continued in business \vith the process until well into the second iialf of the century. In addition to compound-plate printing, Whiting practiced another process patented by Sir William Congreve in 1824.'^ His idea was a simple method for making a printed and embossed impression. A single embossing die, in which the image was sunk, served as a printing plate: the flat surface surround- ing the intaglio image was inked with a roller and then printed with great pressure to produce a white embossed (or raised) design against a colored ground (figures 9 and 10). The process was sometimes known by the French name gaufrage. It was not as original as compound printing, nor was the equipment as un- usual, and consequently it was practiced by other London printers, notably Charles Dobbs and Thomas De La Rue, as well as Whiting. Nevertheless, Whiting lettered his gaufrage prints, like his compound prints, "Whiting Patentee" until long after the patent rights had expired. In 1839 a competitive prize of £200 was offered by the British Treasury' for suggestions for new postage stamps. Whiting entered both his processes. His suggested adhesive stamps were printed from com- pound plates, and the embossing process was to be used for stamping paper sent in by the public.^* None of the competitors" entries was judged good enough to be adopted, but nevertheless the prize was in- creased to £400 and divided equally between four outstanding competitors. Charles Whiting was one of these four, and the specimens of another, Henry Cole, were also said to have bee
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