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A treasure of the Lindley Library is the Album Benary, one of few early printed books offering fine-quality portraits of vegetable cultivars. Issued from 1876-1882 the work consists of four groups of seven chromolithographs, drawn by Ernst Benary.

https://t.co/nClzixR8IS

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2020-10-14

Butea Frondosa, by (Dutch, 1817-1892), who was born (Oct 12). Chromolithograph from Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java (1863-1880); source, , https://t.co/szs26ux4mw

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2020-10-12

Today we present Chipping Sparrows, a Catbird, & their nests from 'Nests & Eggs of Birds of the United States' by Thomas G. Gentry, published in 1882. This tome includes chromolithographs of around 50 paintings of birds, eggs, and nests by Edwin Sheppard. https://t.co/c2Py0PLwhl

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2020-10-02

Impressions of The temple of Impressive columns with interesting details. Lithographs from 1845 and a chromolithograph by A. Meermann published 1861. https://t.co/kPxK1tfflR

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2020-09-17

This week's post on the decorative arts features a few chromolithographic plates of ancient Assyrian decorative art from Vol. 1 of the 4-vol Italian art portfolio 'Gli stili nella forma e nel colore, rassegna dell’ arte antica e moderna di tutti i paesi.' https://t.co/pcqc9AJUCd

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2020-09-15

Waterfall and Northern Lights, Carl Svante Hallbeck, 1856. ⁠
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Chromolithograph depicting Harsprånget waterfall, now the site of the largest hydroelectric power station in Sweden.⁠
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One of several aurora borealis prints available in our online shop: https://t.co/70VD0wIsXe

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2020-08-13

A feat of paper engineering- Bookano Stories No. 2 by S. Louis Giraud (c. 1935). There were 17 of these volumes published between 1934-50. Printed using a photolitho process, they were cheaper than chromolithography used in earlier German movable books. Colours still bright today

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2020-07-10

We charge forth into the weekend!

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Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905), Costume design for Ortlinde, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Figurinen, Berlin: Berliner Kunstdruck- und Verlags-Anstalt, 1889, Chromolithograph. Gift of Hester Diamond, 2012. The Morgan Library & Museum.

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2020-05-23

Peshawar in 1867.

A Chromolithograph by William Simpson. Simpson described Peshawar as a raw frontier town, "with predatory classes of men" and that that to live at Peshawar was to inevitably experience an attempt on one's life.

https://t.co/BZ9fsIV4de

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2020-05-20

A Chromolithograph by British artist 1864, & now with of 'A Seated Holy Man with Figures',
The seated man is a an armed warrior class, having its origins in of 🙏

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2020-05-04

Today we present botanical art found in Owen Jones’s classic work 'The Grammar of Ornament,' published by Bernard Quaritch in London in 1868. The book features 120 chromolithographic plates of design examples from across time, geography, and culture. More: https://t.co/kVbQvpPuHx

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2020-02-13

Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur). Chromolithograph after original watercolour by German artist P. Mahler, 1907.

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2020-02-11

We'll bring some pretty flowers to Stand 25 Mechelen (December 6-8). 772 chromolithographed plates in total. Find out more on our website:

https://t.co/hEyg84CysK

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2019-12-05

For the month of November, we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the November 1905 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review.' Learn more abt the publication & see more illustrations here: https://t.co/ZdgKFy4lVu

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2019-11-14

The color illustrations we are featuring today are by Walter Hood Fitch, a prolific botanical illustrator who also produced chromolithographs for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. Learn more here: https://t.co/GMfmdZO65c

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2019-11-07

Photograph of chromolithograph titled, "Indian woman floating lamps on Ganges," by William Simpson (1823-1899) Date: 1867
said to be from

depicts what Goddess Ganga is for us in Bharat
with hope optimism we lit that deepak & flow it with prayer

bless all

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2019-10-07

For the month of October, we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the October 1905 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, Woodland, Tree or Flower.' View more here: https://t.co/zJxlusRoro

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2019-10-03

With Autumn comes the harvesting of many crops.

Which of these have you grown this year?

These images come from nursery catalogues and chromolithographic plates in our collection.

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2019-09-25

Vintage illustration of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables from Nouveau Larousse Illustre (1898) by Larousse, Pierre, Augé and Claude. Digitally enhanced from our own antique chromolithograph.

DL here: https://t.co/pO9IkFlIUw

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2019-09-24

Meehan's "The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States" (1878-79) presented a selection of indigenous US plants, with chromolithographs by L. Prang & Company after from life by Alois Lunzer. In via ➡️ https://t.co/4rHIueQXY0

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2019-09-17