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Chromolithography
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Chromolithography is a method for making multi-colour prints in lithography, and in theory includes all types of lithography that are printed in colour. However, in modern usage it is normally restric
"Love or Duty", a chromolithograph by Gabriele Castagnola, 1873. The nineteen colours of ink used can be seen on the right hand side.
"Love or Duty", a chromolithograph by Gabriele Castagnola, 1873. The nineteen colours of ink used can be seen on the right hand side.
Uncle Sam Supplying the World with Berry Brothers Hard Oil Finish, c. 1880. This cheaply produced chromolithographic advertisement employs a technique
Uncle Sam Supplying the World with Berry Brothers Hard Oil Finish, c. 1880. This cheaply produced chromolithographic advertisement employs a technique called stippling, with heavy reliance on the initial black line print.
1872 chromolithograph of roadside inn, published in Maryland
1872 chromolithograph of roadside inn, published in Maryland
Folding Card, The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe, 6 April 1883
Folding Card, The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe, 6 April 1883
Color printing
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Color printing or colour printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color.
Chromolithography
…However, in modern usage it is normally restricted to 19th-century works, and the higher quality examples from that period; almost all 21st-century colour printing uses lithography, but would not be described using the term chromolithography. When chromolithography is used to reproduce photographs, the term…
Bijin (beautiful woman) ukiyo-e by Keisai Eisen, before 1848
Bijin (beautiful woman) ukiyo-e by Keisai Eisen, before 1848
Philibert-Louis Debucourt, The Public Promenade, 1792. Printed in color from various plates, using etching, engraving, and aquatint. One of the leadin
Philibert-Louis Debucourt, The Public Promenade, 1792. Printed in color from various plates, using etching, engraving, and aquatint. One of the leading achievements of the French 18th-century color-print.
Two-color (red/blue) advertising
Two-color (red/blue) advertising
The first widely reproduced image printed using the three-color process, by William Kurtz (January 1893)
The first widely reproduced image printed using the three-color process, by William Kurtz (January 1893)