Automata documentary

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A video produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with footage courtesy of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, showing the Draughtsman-Writer, an automaton created by Henry Maillardet, ca. 1800, now at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZiH7oF3OMM

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Automata from the Henri Marilladet and Jaquet-Droz Covant Garden show mentioned Maria Edgeworth's novel, Belinda (1801), are among those in featured in this documentary. Schaffer explains their construction and display during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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    “Making Marvels––The Draghtsman-Writer.” The Met. Youtube November 22, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZiH7oF3OMM. The video features: Henry Maillardet, The Draughtsman-Writer, ca. 1800. Brass, steel, wood, fiber. Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia