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Pentographic lantern sketcher
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Pentographic lantern sketcher

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Pentographic lantern sketcher
W. C. Huges & Co., Kingsland; the mahogany frame with two apertures connected by a pivoting brass frame and two retaining clips; a copy of the patent no. 24,187, with diagrams and explanation of the slide, and two separate advertisments for Hughes.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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The sketcher was subject to patent no. 24,187, on 15 December 1893. Early advertisments stated that the device was used for 'copying or making fac-simile drawings or writings on any size screen before the audience'.