Johannes Gutenberg

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Gutenberg monument in Vienna by Hans Bitterlich, unveiled in 1900. The monument features a figurative statue of a bearded Gutenberg. He stands on a raised plinth, one hand on his hip. The plinth includes the Latin phrase, Post Nubila Phoebus, meaning "after the clouds, comes the sun." This hints at the impact of Gutenberg's invention on European culture.

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Gutenberg Monument in Strasbourg, by (Pierre-Jean) David d'Angers unveiled in 1840

Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg was born in Mainz on the River Rhine, where he is honoured by a statue executed by the Danish neo-classicist, Bertel Thorvaldsen (post 29 on page 2). But it was in Strasbourg, between 1430 and 1440, that Gutenberg made his first attempts at printing with movable type.

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Can't say that I'd heard of a Stigmatype before, but here's one making a portrait of Mr. Gutenberg:

https://mobile.twitter.com/stbridelibrary/status/1597915847082663936

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Trade card c.1910 from Chocolat Lombart, a French chocolate manufacturer. It claimed to be the oldest such company in France, and at its peak was the largest.

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Drinks labels from Mainzer Aktien-Bierbrauerei, Germany





Bottle top label

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Beer mats to go with the ones in Post 5 on page 1 from the above brewery - Mainzer Aktien-Bierbrauerei

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"Gutenberg" Imprimerie Presse à vis moyen-âge - Chocolat Vinay, France from 1930

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1967 cigar band from P.P. Rubens, Belgium

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1941 Kellogg's All-Bran Cereal Ad - Johann Gutenberg

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1941 Kellogg's All-Bran Cereal Ad - Johann Gutenberg

This one seems to be a very tenuous link to Gutenberg! Was it part of a "tenuous link" series?

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Silver medal 1840, by Kramer. At the Gutenberg celebration '400 years of book printing' in Leipzig. Portrait of Guttenberg / Gutenberg in his print shop.

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Bronze medal 1900. On the occasion of the 500th birthday of Johannes Gutenberg, commissioned by the city of Mainz. In trefoil bust portrait with fur cap and fur collar over Mainz coat of arms and Gutenberg's coat of arms to the left / Female crowns Gutenberg standing in front of her.

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 Johannes Gutenberg. Large one-sided cast bronze medallion. Bust in fur hat to the right. 355mm dia, 3,800.00g.

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As it's Christmas time.............................................. THE GUTENBERG CANTATA

During ceremonies dedicating a new statue of Johannes Gutenberg, in the city of Leipzig's quadicentennial celebration of the invention of printing, Felix Mendelssohn's Festgesang (a cantata for male chorus, brass, and tympani to honor Gutenberg) was first performed in the town square by a chorus of 200 men, 16 trumpets, and 20 trombones.

 The full title is Festgesang zur Eröffnung der am ersten Tage der vierten Säkularfeier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst auf dem Marktplatz zu Leipzig stattfindenden Feierlichkeiten (Ceremonial song for the opening of the celebrations taking place on the first day of the quadricentennial celebration of the invention of the art of printing on the market square in Leipzig)

 The melody bears a strong relationship to the song "Hark the Herald, Angels Sing."

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Terracotta figurehead of Gutenberg by Olin Levi Warner, 1881.
Brooklyn Historical Society Building, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York