Lithography

Scope note

Planographic printing process in which a design is deposited on the stone or plate with a greasy substance and the surface is chemically treated to accept ink only in the greasy areas.

This term has 4,456 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053271

Broader Terms used

<planographic printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chromolithography
color lithography
lithotint
offset lithography
pen lithography
transfer lithography
zincography

Term used for

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

La Guitariste

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lunois, Alexandre
Printer: Lemercier & Cie

L'Arrivée des grands-parents

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Madou, Jean Baptiste
Publisher: Motte, Charles

Liebe & Luftschlösser

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von
Printer: Sachse & Co.
Publisher: Sachse & Co.

Nachruhm

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von
Printer: Sachse & Co.
Publisher: Sachse & Co.

Plutus and Apollo.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Madeley, George E.
Publisher: Bird, T.

Wirklichkeit & Ende

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von
Printer: Sachse & Co.
Publisher: Sachse & Co.

Schule & Selbstkampf

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von
Printer: Sachse & Co.
Publisher: Sachse & Co.

Commission pressée donnée à un imbécille

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lami, Eugène Louis
Printer: Villain, Jean-François
Publisher: Gide Fils

An image of Print

In the House of Delia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Tu sais que je suis si sensible et tu me fais toujours du chagrin.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

Vous ne serez plus méchant ?

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

Nous refroidissons-nous ? Elles s'enflamment.

Maker(s)

Designer: Philipon, Charles
Printmaker: Wattier, Emile
Printer: Ducarme
Publisher: Osterwald aîné
Publisher: Martinet-Hautecoeur

Puisqu'il me l'a juré... - ..Est-elle d'une bonne pâte ?

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

Capitaine ! je m'embête d'astiquer mon fusil sans immoler seulement un serin...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Plattel, Henri-Daniel
Printer: Aubert et Cie
Publisher: Bauger

Soldiers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Cré coquin, j'les hait-i les maîtres ; si j'étais Gouvernement j'voudrais qu'tout l'monde y sache lire écrire, pour qu'il n'y en aurait pas.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint
Printer: Villain, Francois Alexandre
Publisher: Gihaut, Jean François

Ils sont passés ces jours de fête.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Philipon, Charles
Printer: Ducarme
Publisher: Osterwald aîné
Publisher: Martinet-Hautecoeur

Ca me fait un vide, je ne peux pas rester sans.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

Les Lansquenets

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sirouy, Achille
Painter: Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest (After)
Printer: Lemercier & Cie
Publisher: Goupil
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co.

Napoléon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Le Chameau

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Roehn, Adolphe Eugène Gabriel
Printer: Engelmann, Godefroy

Comment, ma petite, il vous écrit en prose !

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

C'est un beau jeune homme...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Scheffer, Jean Gabriel
Printer: Delpech, Marie Marguerite Brigitte

Village scene : The knife sharpener

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wilkie, David (Attributed to)

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