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The Genius of Lithography
Nicolas Henri Jacob1819
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Genius of Lithography celebrates the new printmaking technique (invented in 1798) that revolutionized illustration and enabled the reproduction of images at a reasonable cost, since numerous impressions can be printed from the lithographic stone. Artists liked the medium's flexibility: while rich blacks could be achieved for shadows, and every tone of gray was possible, a sharp point could scratch white highlights into dark areas.
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- Title: The Genius of Lithography
- Creator: Nicolas Henri Jacob (French, 1782-1871)
- Date Created: 1819
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 26.7 x 19.9 cm (10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.); Image: 19 x 16.3 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: 1904-1989: Dr. R.A. Winkler
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.39
- Medium: crayon lithograph with brush and scratchwork
- Inscriptions: letters printed below image: NH Jacob Dess.r des S.A.R. le prince d'Eichstaedt printed in upper margin, IX
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 1999.39
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