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Prang's progressive studies in water-color painting, Part II - advanced studies, No. 5 Will S. Robinson 85
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Print shows a long wooden pier extending from the shore into a harbor, with large rocks in the foreground and the skyline of a city in the background, and a sailboat under sail on the left. Includes, attached to the verso, instructions and "materials required" for painting the image presented on the recto.
V42721 U.S. Copyright Office.
Signed on stone on lower left: Will S. Robinson 85.
Printed on lower left: Copyright 1890 by L. Prang & Co. Boston, U.S.A.
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Stamped on lower right: Library of Congress City of Washington. Copyright Dec 31 1890.
Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: 42721Vp2s.
Inscribed in ink on upper left corner of verso: #2090 Des. 1.
From the series: Prang's Progressive Studies in Water-Color Painting.
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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