![]() The following is a partial list of known exhibitions of the Maillardet's automaton. Travel exhibitions ĭuring the early nineteenth century, Maillardet exhibited this automaton and other automata that he created throughout England, and to other countries in Europe as far as Saint Petersburg, Russia. ![]() Restorer and paper engineer Andrew Baron spent about 70 hours in 2007 repairing the Maillardet automaton to bring it back to working order. In the border surrounding the final poem, the automaton wrote, "Ecrit par L'Automate de Maillardet", translating to "Written by the automaton of Maillardet". Once repaired, the automaton began to produce elaborate sketches and poems. The original writing instrument, either a quill or a brush, was replaced with a stylographic fountain pen. The Brock family believed that the machine had been made in France by an inventor named Maelzel. Having been in a fire, its restoration involved a considerable amount of work. It came from the descendants of John Penn Brock, a family who knew that at some time it had been able to write and draw pictures. In November 1928 the Franklin Institute received the pieces of a brass machine. It is currently part of the collections at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. ![]() 1800 by a Swiss mechanician, Henri Maillardet. Maillardet's automaton (or Draughtsman-Writer, sometime also known as Maelzel's Juvenile Artist or Juvenile Artist) is an automaton built in London c. Maillardet's automaton is drawing a picture ![]()
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