Lithography 1800-1850: The techniques of drawing on stone in England and France and their application in works of topography

Twyman, Michael

Edité par Oxford University Press, London, 1970

4to (28 cm), XXI, 304 pp., 158 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dust jacket clipped, minor shelf-wear). A major scholarly study of the techniques employed by professional lithographic draughtsmen in England and France during the first half of the nineteenth century, examining in detail drawing on stone, engraving on stone, dessin à la pointe, lavis lithographique, manière noire, tinted lithography, and lithotint, with particular attention to the technical writings of Alois Senefelder and the practical innovations of leading printers such as Charles Hullmandel and Godefroy Engelmann. The volume includes extensive treatment of topographical lithography and its principal practitioners -- Haghe, Harding, Nicholson, Prout, Bonington, and others -- together with analysis of workshop practice, materials, and stylistic effects. Illustrated with 158 plates reproducing representative examples, and supplemented by a comprehensive bibliography and index. Twyman, then Lecturer in Typography and Graphic Design at the University of Reading, here provides a foundational reference work in the history of lithography and nineteenth-century printmaking. N° de réf. du vendeur 009822

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Lithography 1800-1850: The techniques of ...
Éditeur : Oxford University Press, London
Date d'édition : 1970
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Fine
Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine