chromolithograph
Multicolored stone print
A chromolithograph is a color print made by lithography, a printing process using stone or metal plates.
Popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries for reproducing artwork, advertisements, and decorative prints, chromolithography required a separate stone for each color, sometimes dozens for a single image.
The shortened form is chromo.
Solid earth fragment
- printingReproducing text mechanically
- pressApply force downward
- inkWriting fluid
- paperPressed pulp for writing
plate · registration · edition · proof · offset · etching · pigment · transfer
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- mass productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
commercial art · advertising · Currier and Ives · chromo · publishing · Golden Age
Picture explaining something
- imageVisual or mental likeness
- artistMaker of creative works
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- frameSupporting outer structure
detail · gradation · reproduction · botanical · portrait · landscape · advertisement · poster
Disposables preserved as collectibles
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- rarityUncommon occurrence
- auctionCompetitive public sale
heirloom · treasure · mint · keepsake · artifact · curio · limited edition · trade card
stone
Solid earth fragment
paper · plate · registration · edition · proof · offset · etching · pigment · transfer · impression
Victorian
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
mass production · commercial art · advertising · Currier and Ives · chromo · publishing · Golden Age
illustration
Picture explaining something
- imageVisual or mental likeness
- artistMaker of creative works
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
frame · detail · gradation · reproduction · botanical · portrait · landscape · advertisement · poster · label
ephemera
Disposables preserved as collectibles
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- rarityUncommon occurrence
auction · heirloom · treasure · mint · keepsake · artifact · curio · limited edition · trade card · cigar box
palette
Surface for mixing pigments
shades · pigments · multicolored · saturated · vivid · pastel · layered · gradation · separation · overprinting
chromolithographphotograph
Image from a camera
daguerreotype · digital print · tintype · digital image · inkjet print