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<p>[QUOTE="pjaj, post: 9423459, member: 80871"]That is certainly an interpretation I had not thought of. I always took it to mean that the print was sent to Mr Stillman in Rome on loan and should be returned to Autotype at some point. Note the word "FROM" has been struck through. The meaning of "No2" is unclear.</p><p>Although the catalogue I found dates from 1906, there is no indication of when the print was made. It could have been any time in the preceding 40 -50 years. There is no date information.</p><p>I have not tracked down the logo, and a reverse google image search reveals nothing. But I did find the following reference to the company in the National Archives <a href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1b2e9bd0-f58c-48b3-adec-899f4478521b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1b2e9bd0-f58c-48b3-adec-899f4478521b" rel="nofollow">here</a> which leads to some further information in the London Metropolitan Archives <a href="https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+ACC~2F1079?SESSIONSEARCH" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+ACC~2F1079?SESSIONSEARCH" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Their main works were in Ealing after 1870 which leads me to speculate that at least 3 of the 4 letters in the logo, ACE , stand for Autotype Company Ealing. I don't know the significance of the "8" or the other "C".</p><p>It seems that the company is still in existence. In mid 2005 when it was taken over by MacDermid Inc. of Denver, Colorado and is now known as <a href="http://autotype.macdermid.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://autotype.macdermid.com/" rel="nofollow">MacDermid Autotype</a>. For the best part of a century their business has changed from fine art print makers to suppliers of materials for the print industry, coated films etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pjaj, post: 9423459, member: 80871"]That is certainly an interpretation I had not thought of. I always took it to mean that the print was sent to Mr Stillman in Rome on loan and should be returned to Autotype at some point. Note the word "FROM" has been struck through. The meaning of "No2" is unclear. Although the catalogue I found dates from 1906, there is no indication of when the print was made. It could have been any time in the preceding 40 -50 years. There is no date information. I have not tracked down the logo, and a reverse google image search reveals nothing. But I did find the following reference to the company in the National Archives [URL='https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1b2e9bd0-f58c-48b3-adec-899f4478521b']here[/URL] which leads to some further information in the London Metropolitan Archives [URL='https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+ACC~2F1079?SESSIONSEARCH']here[/URL]. Their main works were in Ealing after 1870 which leads me to speculate that at least 3 of the 4 letters in the logo, ACE , stand for Autotype Company Ealing. I don't know the significance of the "8" or the other "C". It seems that the company is still in existence. In mid 2005 when it was taken over by MacDermid Inc. of Denver, Colorado and is now known as [URL='http://autotype.macdermid.com/']MacDermid Autotype[/URL]. For the best part of a century their business has changed from fine art print makers to suppliers of materials for the print industry, coated films etc.[/QUOTE]
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