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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 4,451 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053271

Term used for

lithograhpy

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

Hall Place, Hampshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

A Manor House

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Interior

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Humbert, Suzanne

Grongar Hill

Maker(s)

Author: Dyer, John
Illustrator: Piper, John
Publisher: Stourton Press

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