Similar
Union Station Washington, D.C. 1906
Summary
Print showing bird's-eye view of Union Station with fountains in the foreground. Includes an eight-color printer's guide, printed in reverse, in lower left.
Copyright 1907 by Penn Engraving Co. Phila.
Library has two impressions.
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.
Tags
Date
Contributors
Location
Source
Copyright info
