Prints and Printmakers of New York State, 1825-1940

by David Tatham

For well over a century, New York has been a microcosm of the art and craft of American printmaking. Until 1825, printmaking in America was almost entirely an artisan's craft. Then, with the arrival of lithography, the realization arose that printmaking could also be a fine art.

The essays published in this collection contribute to the body of scholarship by identifying important but hitherto insufficiently studied aspects of the graphic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815602049
• ISBN13: 9780815602040
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.1" x 8.7"