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mises, as being March 23rd, 1835; the entry being " Paid man's time taking down Mitir"; and in April of this year the first " Albion Press " was installed in these premises. I show you a print of this Press herewith; this is also from a Wood-cut by Baxter, thus making it doubly interesting to you. 'Albion Press," from a Wood-cut by George Baxter. Now, my dear Jack, we have come to the period when Baxter invented, or, should I say ? hit upon the idea of amplifying " Kirkall's " pro- cess of first engraving his subject complete in Intaglio, and then pro- ceeding to colour the complete engraving by means of many relief blocks. Ultimately he lodged his specification for the same and obtained for fourteen years Patent rights. You will immediately comprehend that this combination of two modes of Printing and Engraving, i.e. Intaglio and Letterpress, made it necessary for the required plant to be installed, and thus again from Mr. Robert Harrild's ledgers we find that two more Albion Presses and two copper plate presses were installed, the Old Wooden Press being taken in part exchange. During the years 1830 to 1834 Baxter had been producing prints

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