tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81815244669514151092024-02-19T03:26:45.911-08:00Chromolithomagscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-30181122585782628862013-02-23T13:51:00.001-08:002013-02-23T13:59:03.269-08:00From the Sublime to the SublemonyBe jabers indeed, and all of American Ireland fights its washboard battles. From the wonderful <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/8270521728/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Flickr stream of the Boston Public Library</a>, currently with 74,345 images of one kind or another (inspect them all!). As usual, click the image to see magical growth right on your screen.<br />
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The last two or three seem stylistically similar enough that they may be part of a set. Overall, they are mostly intended to present images from famous classical artworks, or at least appear to be so. The third one is not like the others, but then it doesn't actually show that much, either.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-62081686149976578792012-05-31T22:03:00.000-07:002013-02-15T14:01:22.137-08:00Eagle, 1896From Johann Friedrich Naumann, <i>Naturgeschichte der Vogel</i>, published in 1896 by Gera-Untermhaus in Germany. Addall.com shows numerous copies for sale, starting at $300, with anything from 20 to 30 colored plates. I have a few more of these but the margins of this blog are too small, and besides it's late night and my fingers are tired. Click, drill.<br />
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<br />magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-75870499768375736682012-05-16T15:58:00.001-07:002013-02-15T14:02:09.509-08:00More Trade CardsThese are from the recent listings of <script>
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As always, click to display larger versions. magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-31387002761913747812012-05-15T13:55:00.001-07:002013-02-15T14:02:54.978-08:00Trade CardsThe chromo printing that people saw the most were the "trade cards" handed out as advertising and for publicity. Here are some examples (as always, click to enlarge):<br />
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At one point I went off and collected almost two thousand images of trade cards from various seller listings on eBay. Most of those are now online; <a href="http://www.mkpix.org/gallery2/main.php/v/tradecards/" target="_blank">go there</a> and get lost in the colors.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-8525462323996015472011-05-13T22:37:00.000-07:002013-02-15T14:09:35.336-08:00Over-Chromo on the Flower FrontOver the top...<br />
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From the July, 1900 issue of <a href="http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/houseandgarden/mayflower/">THE MAYFLOWER</a>, a gardening magazine about flowers:<br />
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Click to make bigger.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-996094251887875732011-05-08T14:27:00.000-07:002013-02-15T14:04:47.327-08:00A Page of Flowers"Six lovely everblooming tea and hardy roses that are given free to our subscribers and readers as per the Special Offer..." From the <a href="http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/womens/peopleshomejournal/PeoplesHomeJournal1899-01.jpg.html">January, 1899 issue of the PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL</a>, scanned by <a href="http://www.magazineart.org/volunteers.html#MBuch">Mariangela Buch</a>.<br />
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Click image for big.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-55278897003428745492010-09-29T16:43:00.001-07:002013-02-15T14:05:23.004-08:00Theatre Programs: 1916 and 1923Two interesting program cover designs, one by Earl Christy.<br />
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The Gaiety Theatre, August 21, 1916:<br />
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Different printing and publishing companies, different approaches. Thanks to Mariangela Buch for sending these. You can see some ads from the interiors of these two booklets online on the MagazineArt.org site.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-42163859476246715162010-09-29T16:39:00.000-07:002013-02-15T14:05:52.806-08:00The Constitution Versus the GuerriereColor frontispiece from the 1908 McLoughlin Bros. book "Old Ironsides".<br />
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Here's the color frontispiece (a Chromolithograph) from Thomas W. Knox' The Boy Travellers in the Far East / Part Fourth / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1883). There are plenty of other interesting pictures in this book, but this is the only one in color.<br />
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Wikipedia has plenty more to say about this, but most poingant about the story is that they were married 12 December 1850 in Scotland, and she died in childbirth 8 December 1851 (though their son survived).<br />
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Now you know about Mrs. Murray; I still don't know why she was chosen for the frontispiece, since very little of the book is about her. You can download the whole book from Google or the Internet Archive if you want to read more.<br />
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The only thing wrong with this description is that strictly speaking the image is printed from multiple woodcut blocks, rather than from drawings on lithographic stone. It's a polychrome picture, but not a litho.<br />
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We'll keep the distinctions.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181524466951415109.post-5337163563696786942010-09-29T16:15:00.000-07:002013-02-15T14:08:13.880-08:00Pictures in ColorThis is a place to celebrate the old color printing technology of Chromolithography. And others.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolithography">Wikipedia has a good introduction</a>. <br />
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There dozens and hundreds of techniques and technologies used to print color pages in the early days. Some people are Very Specific about what they mean when they use the term, so don't be upset if we toss in a lot of variants and explore some alternatives.<br />
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Meanwhile, today, color printing is still improving, even as the printed page is being supplanted, slowly, by the mobile device and the tablet and the computer screen.<br />
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A slightly different version of this blog used to exist elsewhere. It's here now.<br />
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Pictures in Color / Color in Pictures. Like, Wow.magscannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01753073251415624414noreply@blogger.com0