Limomachia. By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the new-invented Machine for taking Likenesses ...

£4,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A very rare survival in excellent condition. Raphael Pinion’s limomachia machine was one of the earliest examples of machines replacing the eighteenth-century tradition of silhouette portraits. At the time of printing, a portrait silhouette might cost as much as ten shillings, Pinion’s machine would produce a likeness

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