Member Profile
Name:
Ian Dooley
Institution:
School of Advanced Study, University of London
Academic status:
Student
Main discipline:
Literary Studies
Additional disciplines:
Art History
History
Science Studies
History of the Book
History
Science Studies
History of the Book
Other societies:
Research interests:
My research explores printing ink manufacturing in Britain from 1850-1900, exploring developments in the industry after the hand press period. My research draws a missing link between the business decisions, technological innovations, and chemical experimentations of British ink manufactures and the technological and visual developments of printing during the late nineteenth century. Changes to the production methods and composition of ink influenced the outputs of new printing machines and the visual features of new printing techniques forever changing how printed matter was produced, who it was for, and what it looked like.