Samuel_Cowell

Samuel Cowell

Samuel Cowell

Add article description

Samuel Harrison Cowell (24 May 1801, Ipswich-1875) was a Suffolk businessman who pioneered anastatic lithography in Ipswich.[1] Cowell issued leaflets at the Great Exhibition in 1851 to advertise the new technology.[2]

Handbill for Cowell's booklet '

His son, William Samuel Cowell, joined the family printing business, inheriting it in 1875. In 1900 he turned the business into W. S. Cowell Ltd.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Copsey, Tony (2011). The Ipswich Book Trades : booksellers, bookbinders, engravers, librarians, music sellers, newsagents, papermakers, printers, publishers, stationers at Ipswich until 1900 : a biographical dictionary. Ipswich [England]: Distributed by Claude Cox. ISBN 0952297051.
  2. [2]
    Law, Edward J. (2006). "Use of the Anastatic Printing Process in Ireland". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 136: 30–38. ISSN 0035-9106. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
Stub icon

This English biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Samuel_Cowell, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.