Proof book, 1891.

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Proof book, 1891.

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Documents the color progression used for preparing two chromolithographs of vases for Oriental Ceramics Art (plates XVI and XLVI). Twenty-nine colors were used in preparing the final plate. Each of the illustrations includes notes about the colors used. The back of each page is stamped with the proof number, "Vases IX b.c." and the sheet number written in. Charles Thurwanger was the lithographer.

1 v. (58 leaves) : col. ill. ; 46 cm.

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L. Prang & Co.

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In the 1880s, L. Prang & Co. was commissioned by W.T. Walters to prepare 116 color plates for a book on his collection of oriental ceramics. It took three artists from the firm and nearly ten years to produce the chromolithographic plates. Five hundred copies of the book, Oriental Ceramics Art, were published in 1896. From the description of Proof book, 1891. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122555724 L. Prang & Co. made and published greeting cards for appr...

Thurwanger, Charles,

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Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894

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