Hollyhocks
Print
1857 (published)
1857 (published)
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George Baxter is one of the few printmakers who have given their name to a printmaking technique. His patented process combined printing from etched or aquatinted metal plates with printing from wood-engraved blocks. The blocks were printed in oil colours, which gave the resulting prints a richness of colour that some of the earlier attempts at full colour printing lacked.
The Baxter process was later overtaken by colour lithography as a method of printing in colour.
The Baxter process was later overtaken by colour lithography as a method of printing in colour.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hollyhocks (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Baxter print on paper |
| Brief description | Baxter Process Print. George Baxter after V. Bartholomew. Hollyhocks, England, 1857 |
| Physical description | Colour print depicting red and yellow hollyhocks on a balcony overlooking a landscape of mountains and lakes. On mount with embossed seal. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Pubd March 10, 1857 by G. Baxter Proprietor & Patentee London.' (Lettered on print) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter |
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| Summary | George Baxter is one of the few printmakers who have given their name to a printmaking technique. His patented process combined printing from etched or aquatinted metal plates with printing from wood-engraved blocks. The blocks were printed in oil colours, which gave the resulting prints a richness of colour that some of the earlier attempts at full colour printing lacked. The Baxter process was later overtaken by colour lithography as a method of printing in colour. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2963-1932 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2002 |
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