To Distinguish a Lithograph
In a lithograph the surface of the paper is perfectly smooth, and not indented in any way. The examples of engraved plates printed from stone, and the litho. and photo-litho’s printed in brown ink, will serve to illustrate the qualities of lithography. Unless well printed, the fine lines are apt to show weak and rotten, or to have become thick and blurred, either in transferring to the stone or by too much ink on the printing roller.
Footnotes
1 Jackson’s “History and Practice of Wood Engraving”; Firmin Didot’s “Essai sur l’Histoire de la Gravure sur Bois”; “The Book, its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders,” by Henri Bouchot; “Wood Engraving: a Manual of Instruction,” by W. J. Linton.
2 “The Art of Etching explained and illustrated, with remarks on the allied processes of Dry-point, Mezzotint, and Aquatint.” By H. R. Robertson, Fellow of the Society of Painter-Etchers; Author of “Life on the Upper Thames,” etc. Winsor and Newton, Limited, 38 Rathbone Place, London.
3 “The Art of Pen and Ink Drawing, commonly called Etching.” By H. R. Robertson, Fellow of the Society of Painter-Etchers, Author of “The Art of Etching,” etc. Winsor & Newton, Limited, London.
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