1819
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Art of the Lithograph: Four Engraving Samples, War Tent, Map of Toni, Bird, Dutch Farmer and Woman is a 1819 by Alois Senefelder, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This page shows four black-and-white engravings glued onto an old book. One picture has three people sitting at a table under a tent. Another is a detailed map of a place called "Toni." There’s also a small drawing of a bird perched on a branch and a close-up of a woman and child wearing hats. The book’s title mentions "lithograph," a printing method invented by the artist. The text is in French, and the whole page looks like a sample book for engravers. Look up technique: lithograph next to see how this was made.
Johann Alois Senefelder was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.
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