Engraving depicting a compositor making corrections at gallery proof stage. Pages of type with furniture for spacing pages have been locked in chase by wedges called Quoins. The composing stick with replacements is lying above the compositors hands, ready for corrections to be slipped in when mistakes have been removed. Dated 19th century

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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