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The story of picture printing in England during the nineteenth century; or, Forty years of wood and stone,, by C.T. Courtney Lewis ..

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The story of picture printing in England during the nineteenth century; or, Forty years of wood and stone,

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by C.T. Courtney Lewis ..

The aim and object of this book -- In the early days of the nineteenth century -- The beginning of picture printing in England during the nineteenth century -- Baxter with his apprentices in the workshop -- Charles Knight as a colour printer -- The mystery of oil colour picture printing -- Fac-similes of water-colour drawings -- Hand colouring and hand touching -- Henry Richard Vizetelly, a pioneer, and Herbert Ingram -- Gregory, Collins and Reynolds-George Cargill Leighton-Leighton Bros. -- Edmund Evans -- Benjamin Fawcett-prints by hand colouring-the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris -- Benjamin Fawcett-Frank Lydon-book illustrations printed in colour -- Benjamin Fawcett-his decline -- Lithography: its introduction and early days : the crayon style-stump-lithotint : Senefelder-Hullmandel-Engelmann-Harding-Nash-Jno. Fredk. Lewis -- Chromolithography : Wm. Day-Louis Hague-Owen Jones-Henry Noel Humphries -- Chromolithography : Thomas Shotter Boys -- Vincent Brooks, Day & Son-William Simpson-Digby Wyatt-J.B. Waring-Owen Jones' later designs-the Hanharts-W.R. Tymms and others -- Baxter's problem of granting licences -- Baxter's licencees, who they were -- Some details of Kronhim and Co., Dickes, Mansell and Myers and Co.-Baxter licencees -- Licences granted-and after : the last phase -- Observations on the picture prints of the licencees and block printers : technique -- Observations on the picture prints of the licencees and block printers : style -- Le Blond & Co. (Baxter licencees) : a biography -- The work of Le Blond & Co. under their licence -- Descriptive catalogue of the prints by the Baxter process by Le Blond & Co. -- Le Blond & Co.-The Le Blond-Baxter prints : observations -- A chronological list of the original prints of Le Blond and Co. by the Baxter process with the serial number they assigned to eah constructed from their numbers -- List of original prints by Le Blond & Co. taken fron their published list -- The original prints by Le Blond & Co. by the Baxter process without a serial number -- List of the Le Blond-Baxter prints taken from Le Blond & Co.'s publication list of their "patent oil pictures" -- Bradshaw & Blacklock (Baxter licencees) : a biography -- The work of Bradshaw & Blacklock under their licence -- Descriptive catalogue of the prints by the Baxter process of Bradshaw & Blacklock