Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2009.001.023 |
Object Name |
Block, Printing |
Title |
Printer's Cut with Cartoon of Captain Owen |
Year Range from |
1960 |
Year Range to |
1975 |
Made |
R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright)/I.P.E.U. |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A large rectangular letterpress printing cut, with a cartoon of Captain William F. Owen (depicted with an exaggerated bicorne naval hat and epaulettes) sitting on a round bomb with a lit fuse and being boosted in the air, with the reverse letter wording of "WE'RE BUSTIN' TO BOOST OWEN SOUND." At the upper right area is another smaller cut, which has "CANADA" on a banner and a shield-shaped logo with "LCI." The metal cuts are mounted on a three-piece joinery assembled wooden mount. One of the wooden mount pieces is impress-stamped with a 704 I.P.E.U. mark (elongated diamond-shaped logo). |
Makers mark |
One of the wooden mount pieces is impress-stamped with a 704 I.P.E.U. mark (elongated diamond-shaped logo). |
Provenance |
Manufactured by I. P.E.U. Unknown artist/designer of the logo. It belonged to the Richardson, Bond & Wright printing company in Owen Sound, Grey County. This business was often referred to as "R-B-W," or "RBW." It was succeeded and last owned the Transcontinental Printing Ltd. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Plastic?/Glue |
Dimensions |
W-6.063 L-9.961 D-0.945 inches |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Owen, Captain William Fitzwilliam |
Subjects |
Cartoonists Prosperity Tourism Letterpress works Printing blocks Printing |
Search Terms |
Richardson, Bond & Wright (see RBW) Owen Sound Industries and Products Owen Sound |
Function |
A letterpress printing "cut" to advertise the City of Owen Sound, that was used to print something at R-B-W in Owen Sound. Cuts were retained if they were to be used for subsequent publications. |