Cleveland Museum of Art
The Genius of Lithography
Nicolas Henri Jacob
- Date
- 1819
- Medium
- crayon lithograph with brush and scratchwork
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The Genius of Lithography celebrates the new printmaking technique (invented in 1798) that revolutionized illustration and enabled the reproduction of images at a reasonable cost, since numerous impressions can be printed from the lithographic stone. Artists liked the medium's flexibility: while rich blacks could be achieved for shadows, and every tone of gray was possible, a sharp point could scratch white highlights into dark areas.
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