A river path Louis K. Harlow - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
Summary
Print shows a tranquil river scene with reflections of church steeples and trees, and a dirt road along the shore on the left.
T38122 U.S. Copyright Office.
Signed on stone on lower right: Louis K. Harlow.
Printed on lower left: Copyright 1888 by L. Prang & Co. Boston.
Publication date based on copyright statement on item.
Title, publication statement, and copyright statement appear on "Water Color Studies" label mounted on verso.
Stamped and inscribed in pencil on verso: Library of Congress City of Washington. Copyright Dec. 31 1888.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: 38122Tp1s.
Inscribed in ink on upper left corner of verso: #1994 Des. 3.
From the series: Water Color Studies.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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