{"id":2594,"date":"2022-10-20T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?post_type=archive&#038;p=2594"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:14:39","slug":"crane-sketch","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/archive\/crane-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Crane Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watermarks in paper only appear with transmitted light (light going through). Here is a Crane Bros. watermark from 1875 found in a letter from Staniar &amp; Laffey, manufacturers of dandy rolls which are used to make watermarks on Fourdrinier paper machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2595\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-1875-b-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Crane &#8216;bird&#8217; watermark from 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This sketch was used for the creation of the dandy roll with the Crane Bros. watermark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-sketch-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Sketch of a crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the full letter with backlighting so the watermark is visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-full-letter-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The full letter with Crane watermark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the same letter without backlighting so the watermark is invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Crane-Bird-no-watermark-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The full letter with the Crane watermark not showing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2595,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive\/2594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archive"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}