Horological Prints

Portrait of Thomas Tompion

A 20th century facsimile reproduction of the well known mezzotint of Thomas Tompion by John Smith, after the original portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller painted circa 1695.

Thomas Tompion is England's most famous clockmaker, he died in 1713.

Print size: 13½ x 10 inches
Frame size: 19½ x 15½ inches

An Engraving of Richard Green’s Lichfield Clock, dated 1748

An engraving from the Universal Magazine for August 1748 showing the case and movement of an unusual musical clock with automata.

Plates 4, 5, 6 & 7 from Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de Matières published in Paris in 1783

L'Horloge Horizontalle (Turret Clock)

A set of 4 good engravings of a turret clock.

Plate 4 (pictured here) shows a 3 train quarter striking weight driven pendulum clock, the other 3 plates show details of each train.

Modern frames and mounts.

Plate 1 from Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de Matières published in Paris in 1783

Ouvrages et Outils (Workshop & tools)

A good plate of this well known engraving showing a French horological workshop at the top and tools from the eighteenth century below.

Modern frame and mount.