Lithography's First Half Century : The Age of Goya and Delacroix: Artists' Lithographs in Europe: 1801-1851

Catalog of an exhibit in the Dept. of Prints, Drawings, & Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Trustman Galleries, Jan. 10-July 7, 1996. An introductory essay explains how lithography, or chemical printing,Ó was invented in Munich in 1796-1798 by the South German playwright & actor Aloys Senefelder (1771-1834), hoping to find a cheaper way of reproducing his plays. Artists soon began experimenting with this new means of multiplying original images. This exhibition celebrates Senefelder's invention by presenting a selection of the first 50 years of lithographs produced by European & British artists, from 1801-1851. This catalog includes 53 black & white lithographs.Ackley, Clifford S. is the author of 'Lithography's First Half Century : The Age of Goya and Delacroix: Artists' Lithographs in Europe: 1801-1851', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756795689 and ISBN 0756795680.