What Does a Chromolithograph Look Like?

Strictly speaking, a chromolithograph is a colored image printed by many applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink (if only one or two tint stones are used, the print is called a “tinted lithograph”).

What is the difference between a lithograph and an Chromolithograph?

is that chromolithography is a form of lithography for printing pictures in colour while lithography is the process of printing a lithograph on a hard, flat surface; originally the printing surface was a flat piece of stone that was etched with acid to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; ...

How do you make a Chromolithograph?

The lithographic process is chemical, because an image is applied to a porous limestone or zinc plate with a grease-based crayon or ink. After the image is drawn onto stone, the stone is coated with a gum arabic solution and weak nitric acid, and then coated with water and inked with oil-based inks.

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