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The stone and the press
The lithographic trade behind the plates. 3 pages.
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The stone and the press
Lithography prints from a drawn stone rather than a cut block, which is what made fine tonal work reproducible at all.
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Colour was added after printing, by hand
Each impression was coloured individually by workers following a master copy, which is why two copies of the same plate differ.
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The workshop behind the plate
Printer, draughtsman and colourists were a trade, and their names appear in the imprint where anyone looks.
