Charles Hart's Lithography, its theory and practice

Abstract

Georgia Barnhill's edited and annotated edition of Charles Hart's unpublished manuscript "Lithography: its theory and practice." Hart's manuscript provides personal accounts of the Endicott firm's business, including observations of the lithographic process and commercial printers and artists who worked during this period and later. Includes images of lithographic prints which were among the pages of Hart's manuscript.

Contents

Editor's preface: The proof is the print / Georgia B. Barnhill -- Charles Hart's preface -- Alois Senefelder: the inventor of lithography -- The Endicott firm to 1860 -- Artists working for the Endicott firm -- Lithographic printers and publishers -- Charles Hart, 1860s and later -- Appendices. Appendix A: Original arrangement of sections in the manuscript -- Appendix B: Prints, etc., found in the manuscript -- Appendix C: Lithographs printed and published by Charles Hart -- Appendix D: Miscellaneous.