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Saturday, December 19, 2026, 1:00PMFree with Museum Admission
Andy Volpe will discuss the "revolution" of the Printing press and graphics printing technologies and how they affected major cultural changes and of the printing of "revolutionary" ideas and imagery. We'll also look at several examples of legal battles fought over the right of a Free press and Freedom of Speech between England and the American Colonies, culminating in the printing of the Declaration of Independence.
A display of several replicas and some originals of prints relating to the talk, including several replicas of the Declaration, will be on view before and after the presentation (which is apx. 1 hour long)
Andy Volpe has been involved with the MOP since 2010, where among many things works with the Klein prints collection, and can be seen giving printing demos, displays and presentations as a museum ambassador throughout New England. He works in copperplate intaglio printing, studying graphics & illustration print work 1460-1800. He also collaborates with Gary Gregory who founded the Printing Office of Edes & Gill Boston, where Andy replicates engravings of Paul Revere, including his infamous "Boston Massacre" print from 1770. When not at MOP, presents on arms and armor at the Worcester Art Museum. He is a member of the American Printing History Association and the American Antiquarian Society.
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15 Thornton Avenue, Haverhill, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01832
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