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Original Antique Print of Eel & Lampern
By: Maxwell
Date: 1904
Title: The Eel & The Lampern
Original Printed Color
Condition: Good
Price: $35
Paper Size: 7 1/4 inches Height by 9 3/4 inches Width
Image Size: 6 inches Height by 9 inches Width
This appealing lithograph was made in 1904 by Vincent Brooks Day in Sons in London from the work of Sir Herbert Maxwell. The colors try to depict as accurately as possible the true colors of the fish and a notation of their size is found on the bottom right.
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. Invented in 1796 by Bavarian author Alois Senefelder, lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or another suitable material.
Lithography originally used an image drawn in wax or other oily substance applied to a lithographic stone as the medium to transfer ink to the printed sheet. The flat surface of the plate or stone is slightly roughened, or etched, and divided into hydrophilic regions that accept a film of water and thereby repel the greasy ink, and hydrophobic regions that repel water and accept ink because the surface tension is higher on the greasier image area which remains dry. The image is printed directly from the stone or plate (in which case it is reversed from the original image).
Lithography works because of the mutual repulsion of oil and water. The image is drawn on the surface of the print plate with a fat or oil-based medium (hydrophobic) such as a wax crayon, which may be pigmented to make the drawing visible. When printing, the stone is kept wet with water. Printing ink is then rolled over the surface. The water repels the greasy ink but the hydrophobic areas left by the original drawing material accept it. When the hydrophobic image is loaded with ink, the stone and paper are run through a press which applies even pressure over the surface, transferring the ink to the paper and off the stone.
This old print for sale is a vintage print, a historic print of the 1800s, which has aged with time. Please visit Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about ancient prints and condition.
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