Converted Letterpress Poster Art Print

Ink on paper. 12.5 x 19 in.

These words paraphrase John, Viscount Morley, from his treatise On Compromise in 1857. I know the words thanks to a Ben Shahn poster that hung in my grandma's living room when I was a kid. 

This is a letterpress print, typeset by hand with vintage wood type and printed by the artist on a Vandercook proofing press. Printed on French Paper Co cardstock.

Made in Detroit, Michigan
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Patrick Barber is an art director, book designer, and lifelong lover of calligraphy and letterforms. His first design gigs were as a tween calligrapher, creating menus and invitations. Formerly of Portland, Oregon, and points west, Patrick now makes his home on the east side of Detroit and creates calligraphy as @blackletterheart.