George Baxter blue plaque

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# George Baxter at Northampton Square Standing before the City University buildings on Northampton Square, you're looking at the spot where George Baxter spent the most productive years of his revolutionary career—the sixteen years from 1844 to 1860 when he perfected and refined the printing techni...

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City University buildings, Northampton Square, Islington

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George Baxter artist craftsman born 1804 died 1867 lived in a house previously on this site from 1844 to 1860. A central figure in coloured picture printing.