The mountain stream, Indians reposing

Item Information

Title:
The mountain stream, Indians reposing
Description:
"One Baxter print from art [of 2 women and a baby beside a stream]. George Baxter invented and patented a process to print in color from a single engraving which was then overprinted from wood blocks in color. He eventually patented a method to use a photographic print as an underlayer."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 7
Contributor:
Baxter, George, 1804-1867
Date:
1840
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Wood engravings
Location:
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Collection (local):
David A. Hanson Collection of the History of Photomechanical Reproduction
Subjects:
Photomechanical processes
Extent:
1 photomechanical print : wood engraving, color ; image 38 x 28 cm., on sheet 55 x 42 cm
Link to Item:
http://maca.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p1325coll1,277
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : G. Baxter, [ca. 1840]
Language:
English
Notes:
Forms part of the David A. Hanson Collection of the History of Photomechanical Reproduction
"Inventor & patentee, G. Baxter, 11 & 12 Northampton Square" -- Pencil annotation on mount states "engraved on and printed in oil colors from 11 wood blocks"
Identifier:
D.A.H.Cat., 1840:1
NE642 B38m