Book signing by Kirsten Ellis at the Winter Fine Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia, at The Earl’s Machine
on Saturday 15 November at 12 noon and 4pm.

The Earl’s Machine  presents the remarkable inventions of Lady Hester Stanhope’s father, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816).

“In contrast to his aristocratic upbringing, Stanhope was an outspoken libertarian who adopted the sobriquet Citizen Stanhope after the French Revolution. Despite a reputation for eccentricity, the earl was a more-than-amateur gentleman inventor. Besides his calculating machines, he registered patents for steamships, developed fire-proof building materials and designed canals. He also invented a new form of stereotyping and built a printing press which was acquired by Oxford University Press.”

Thanks to Clarion Arts for this summary:

This fascinating exhibition is curated by Martyn Downer, currently a director of Corfield Morris, the independent consultants to collectors of Fine Art and Antiques, and author of Nelson’s Purse and The Queen’s Knight.

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