Amos Senefelder - Lithography letter sheet.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Vienna,

• MEDIUM: Lithograph,

  DATE: 1854.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 3/4 x 22 1/8" paper size 18 3/4 x 24 1/2".

• DESCRIPTION: "Diploma of the Viennese lithographer Johann Rauh to be given to his pupils, containing illustrations of the process of lithography, the portrait of Senefelder, and portraits of the lithographer's Joseph Kriehuber, P.Geiger, F.Kollarz and a composition by J.Hasslwander, each drawn on stone by the artist himself; surrounded by a decorative border showing important figures associated with lithography, such as Aloys Senefelder, the inventor of the technique, printers and specific sites, such as Solnhofen where stones used for printing were quarried and an allegorical representation of the art of lithography." - The British Museum Portraits include the artists/lithographers Amos Senefelder, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Joseph Kriehuber, Josef Hasslwander.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good to fair condition. Paper chipping, folds, and crumpling at the paper edges. Most of the margin conditions can be matted out.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , 18th-19th Century Trades and Industries