A Bracket Clock Movement
after Abraham Rees (ed.), c. 1810s
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyRees's Cyclopaedia gave Regency Britain its most complete printed account of horology, and plates like this are why the articles still matter: a bracket clock movement drawn plainly enough to build from — plates, pillars, fusee and train in honest elevation. The bracket clock was the London trade's masterpiece category, the portable pendulum clock of the well-kept parlor, and this engraving treats its mechanism with the respect usually reserved for architecture.
- Maker
- after Abraham Rees (ed.)
- Date
- c. 1810s
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- via Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- via Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00536
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | 120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | 95 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | 65 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | 60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 24 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,050 x 1,443 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 61, lights 254 of 255; 1.3% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 6.63
- Notes
- A plain margin is part of the file (8% of an edge): it prints as part of the picture
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Huygens’s pendulum, Harrison’s chronometer engravings and the astronomical tower.
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