Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Printing colour 1700 - 1830 : histories, techniques, functions, and receptions / edited by Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Elizabeth Savage.
Alternate Title(s):
Printing color 1700-1830
Edition:
First edition.
Published / Created:
Oxford : Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2025.

©2025
Physical Description:
xii, 439 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 29 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 404 - 421) and index.

"Printing Colour 1700-1830 offers a broad-ranging examination of the rich period of invention, experimentation and creativity surrounding colour printing in Europe between two critically important developments, four-colour separation printing around 1710, and chromolithography around 1830. Its 28 field-defining contributions by 23 leading experts expand the corpus beyond rare fine art impressions to include many millions of colour-printed images and objects. The chapters unveil the explosive growth in the production and marketing of colour prints at this pivotal moment. They address the numerous scientific and technological advances that fed the burgeoning popularity for such diverse colour-printed consumer goods as clothing, textiles, wallpapers, and ceramics. They recontextualise the rise in colour-printed paper currencies, book endpapers and typography, and ephemera, including lottery tickets and advertisements. This landmark volume launches colour printing of the long 18th century as an interdisciplinary field of study, opening new avenues for research across historical and scientific fields." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Terms:
Color printing -- History. | Color printing -- Technique. | Color prints -- History. | Impression en couleursHistoire. | Impression en couleursTechnique. | Estampe en couleursHistoire. | 1700–1899
Contributors:
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, 1951– editor, contributor. edt ctb | Savage, Elizabeth (Lauren Elizabeth), editor, contributor. edt ctb | Stijnman, Ad, contributor. ctb | Turner, Simon (Simon James), contributor. ctb | Seifert, Christian Tico, contributor. ctb | Berger, Sidney E., contributor. ctb | Cloonan, Michèle Valerie, 1955– contributor. ctb | Banham, Rob, contributor. ctb | British Academy, issuing body. isb