AMAZING 1885 Chromolithograph PUMA HUNTING MONKEYS ANTIQUE VINTAGE COLOR PRINT

Description

THIS ENGRAVING IS
130 YEARS OLD,
AND FROM 1885
SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER
This would be a great gift
for a WILD CAT enthusiest
would look great in your choice of matting and frame
THE TITLE OF THE PRINT IS SHOWN UNDERNEATH THE PICTURE:
2 PUMA IN JUNGLE
HUNTING MONKEYS APES
1885  Chromolithograph   PASTED DOWN
Wildlife
Chromolithography
is a method for making multi-color
prints
. This type of color printing stemmed from the process of
lithography
, and it includes all types of lithography that are printed in color.  Chromolithography became the most successful of several methods of
color printing
developed by the 19th century.  The initial technique involved the use of multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, and was still extremely expensive when done for the best quality results. Depending on the number of colors present, a chromolithograph could take months to produce, by very skilled workers.  To make an expensive reproduction print as what was once referred to as a “’chromo’”, a lithographer, with a finished painting in front of him, gradually created and corrected the many stones using proofs to look as much as possible like the painting in front of him, sometimes using dozens of layers.
The process of chromolithography is chemical, because an image is applied to a
stone
or
zinc
plate with a grease-based
crayon
. (
Limestone
and zinc are two commonly-used materials in the production of chromolithographs.) After the image is drawn onto stone, the stone is gummed with
gum arabic
solution and weak nitric acid, and then inked with
oil-based paints
and passed through a printing press along with a sheet of paper to transfer the image to the paper. Colors may be added to the print by drawing the area to receive the color on a different stone, and printing the new color onto the paper. Each color in the image must be separately drawn onto a new stone or plate and applied to the paper one at a time. It was not unusual for twenty to twenty-five stones to be used on a single image. Each sheet of paper will therefore pass through the printing press as many times as there are colors in the final print. In order that each color is placed in the right position in each print, each stone or plate must be precisely ‘registered,’ or lined up, on the paper using a system of register marks.
IN REMARKABLE CONDITION HASNT SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY FOR 30 YEARS
This Print measures approximately
7.75" x  5" ACTUAL ART AREA
with wide margins
ON white paper (HEAVY PAPER)
It’s an authentic old 130 YEAR OLD print
and
NOT A REPRODUCTION.
Your item will be shipped flat & securely protected against damage,
carefully packaged to prevent bending or moisture during transit.
I have been selling on Ebay since 1998 and have sold over 5000 items, mostly vintage canine and equine prints and collectibles. I do my best to ship safely and quickly. I do have a real job too so sometimes my crazy hours will make me slower to answer a question or ship the next day, but rest assured I try to get it all done in a timely manner.
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