Edward Philip Prince (1846–1923) was a British engraver and punchcutter, a cutter of the punches used to stamp the matrices used to cast metal type.[1][2][3][4][5]
Working during the period of the Arts and Crafts movement, after William Morris's Kelmscott Press commissioned him to cut a typeface known as the Golden Type to Morris's design he became known for cutting private typefaces for fine book printing presses.[6] Another client was the Doves Press, whose Doves Type he cut; it was famously thrown into the Thames following a business disagreement.[7][8] He also worked with the Ashendene Press to cut the Subiaco and Ptolemy types.[9] A somewhat retiring figure, only two photographs of him are known to exist.[10]
References edit
- ^ Avis, F.C. (1968). Edward Philip Prince: Type Punchcutter. Glenview Press.
- ^ Neil Macmillan (2006). An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. p. 138. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
- ^ William S. Peterson (1991). The Kelmscott Press: A History of William Morris's Typographical Adventure. University of California Press. pp. 39, 81–95, 194–305. ISBN 978-0-520-06138-5.
- ^ Dreyfus, John (1974). "New Light on the Design of Types for the Kelmscott and Doves Presses". The Library. s5-XXIX (1): 36–41. doi:10.1093/library/s5-XXIX.1.36.
- ^ David McKitterick (29 July 2004). A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972. Cambridge University Press. pp. 209–10. ISBN 978-0-521-30803-8.
- ^ "Private Press Types". Elston Press. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Gills, Michael. "Edward Philip Prince, Type Punchcutter". ULGA. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Green, Robert. "A Brief History Of The Doves Press Type". TypeSpec. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Knight, Stan (2012). Historical Types: From Gutenberg to Ashendene (1st ed.). Delaware: Oak Knoll Press. p. 92. ISBN 9781584562986.
- ^ Tuohy, Stephen (1990). "A New Photograph of Edward Prince, Typefounders' Punchcutter". Matrix. 10: 135–142.