The Mint February 1, 1809 Designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson In the late thirteenth century the Royal Mint moved into the Tower of London and produced, from there, most of Britain's coinage. Pugin and Rowlandson here show workers feeding metal blanks into presses that hold dies able to stamp beyween sixty and eighty coins a minute. In 1810, shortly after this print was made, a new Mint, equiped with steam-powered machinery, opened on Little Tower Hill just outside the fortress's The Mint. Microcosm of London, pl. 55. Designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–
The Mint February 1, 1809 Designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson In the late thirteenth century the Royal Mint moved into the Tower of London and produced, from there, most of Britain's coinage. Pugin and Rowlandson here show workers feeding metal blanks into presses that hold dies able to stamp beyween sixty and eighty coins a minute. In 1810, shortly after this print was made, a new Mint, equiped with steam-powered machinery, opened on Little Tower Hill just outside the fortress's The Mint. Microcosm of London, pl. 55. Designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London). February 1, 1809. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794–1829). Prints
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