M0019429: A shaving mill, etching by Booth, 1745

Previous title, replaced July 2022: A shaving mill. Etching by Booth, 1745.

Etching by Booth, 1745, of a perspective view and section of an engine proposed to be built by subscription, which would shave sixty men a minute. Related images: V0019741

1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 30920i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.