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Christmas list for the Wine Society

Print
1986 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The proofs for this Wine Society's Christmas list for 1986 (see E.703-1994 for page 11) were hand coloured, but the outline image was printed in pale blue, a technique devised by the artist John Lawrence (born 1933) for a more successful photo-mechanical reproduction of the black areas.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleChristmas list for the Wine Society (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colur offset lithograph
Brief description
John Lawrence, Christmas list for the Wine Society, 1986.
Physical description
John Lawrence, Christmas list for the Wine Society, colour offset lithograph after hand-coloured wood engraving E.703-1994.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 14.7cm
Gallery label
John LAWRENCE (born 1933) Christmas list for the Wine Society. 1986 Colour offset lithograph after a wood engraving coloured by hand E.697-1994 Given by John Lawrence ... Photomechanical reproduction does not always do justice to wood engraving: for example blacks are not consistently dark enough and details are lost. John Lawrence has therefore devised a technique for preparing for colour reproduciton by printing the outline image in pale blue and then hand colouring the image.
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995. R.P. No. 94/1444
Association
Summary
The proofs for this Wine Society's Christmas list for 1986 (see E.703-1994 for page 11) were hand coloured, but the outline image was printed in pale blue, a technique devised by the artist John Lawrence (born 1933) for a more successful photo-mechanical reproduction of the black areas.
Associated object
E.703-1994 (Design)
Bibliographic reference
A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, 10 Oct 1994 - 26 Mar 1995
Collection
Accession number
E.697-1994

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Record createdDecember 17, 2008
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