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Filed under: Digitization Projects

The Chromolithograph

The Chromolithograph was a weekly publication issued from Nov. 23, 1867-Sept. 1868. It was intended as a journal of “art, literature, decoration and the accomplishments,” and it lived up to this broad self-description by providing a variety of exhibition reviews, artists’ biographies, articles on artistic themes, technical essays, and “illustrated lessons.” Also included are a number of plates with chromolithographic prints which illustrate various techniques and themes discussed throughout the journal. These 12 issues provide an in-depth look into what was then a novel printing technique, as well as a glimpse into the artistic, literary, and commercial milieu of 1860’s Victorian England.

We digitized the first 12 issues of The Chromolithograph (Nov. 23, 1867 – Feb. 8, 1868), comprising over 250 pages of content.
Access to these items is available through WATSONLINE and WorldCat. The catalogs are full-text searchable in Watson Library’s digital content management system, CONTENTdm.

Digitzed Chromolithograph issues from Watson Library Digital Collections
The Chromolithograph record on WATSONLINE

This project was undertaken by an IMLS Practicum/Internship Scholarship recipient, William Blueher, from Pratt Institute’s School of Information and Library Science.