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Joseph F. Knapp — Alois Senefelder

Joseph F. Knapp

Alois Senefelder

1871

Honoring lithography's inventor, Senefelder, this portrait exemplifies the medium's capacity for fine detail and subtle tonal gradation that revolutionized 19th-century printmaking and illustration.

Medium
lithograph

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Joseph F. Knapp, Alois Senefelder, 1871

Honoring lithography's inventor, Senefelder, this portrait exemplifies the medium's capacity for fine detail and subtle tonal gradation that revolutionized 19th-century printmaking and illustration.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1871
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, 19th Century, American, Printmaking, Historical, Detailed, Portrait, Biography, Lithograph, Formal

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Cleveland Museum of Art