Title(s)

The telephone (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-397

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘"The electrician" Printing and Publishing Co., Limited. Salisbury Court, Fleet St., London, E.C.’

Artist

• William Henry Preece (mentioned on object)
• Julius Maier (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Whittaker & Co. (mentioned on object)
• publisher: George Bell & Sons (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1889

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

printing / collotype

Measurements

height 195 mm × width 133 mm × thickness 42 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• The Western Electric Company's multiple switch board at the Manchester Telephone Exchange (RP-F-2001-7-397-1)