Alois Senefelder and lithography

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Gartmann Schokolade card (date unknown)

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1887    Lone Jack Cigarettes    Inventors and Inventions

 

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Alois Senefelder Bust     Cincinnati Litho Club      A bust of A. Senefelder who was the Inventor of Lithography. The bronze bust fits on a wooden pedestal. The bronze bust is 8.25 inches tall and fits on a 5 inch pedestal. The total height is 13.25 inches.

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Peter Jackson Cigarette card from 1937    Speed Through The Ages
 
Number 237 in a series of 250 was Early Lithography



Number 238 was  Modern Photo Litho Camera



Peter Jackson was a tobacco firm that opened up in London around the turn of the twentieth century. It's manufacturing operations in Great Britain were eventually bought  bought by Gallaher in 1934; Jackson's overseas operations (as Peter Jackson (Overseas) Ltd.) continued independent until it was bought by B.A.T. in 1955.

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Pin badge     A Senefelder  NALC

Measures about 5/8" in height and about 3/8" in width. Screw back.
Bust of A. Senefelder N. A. L. C.

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The Genius of Lithography

This 19th-century French print celebrates the moment of inspiration that transformed a struggling playwright into a notable figure of art history

The Genius of Lithography, 1819. Nicolas Henri Jacob (French, 1782–1871). Crayon lithograph with brush and scratchwork; sheet: 26.7 x 19.9 cm (10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.); image: 19 x 16.3 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.).

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Senefelder Notgeld from 1921

Dates   6 November 1771 - 6 November 1921

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zum 150 jahrigen geburtstage -unsres altmeisters Alois Senefelder
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the old master Alois Senefelder

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More Senefelder notgeld          1 July 1921









The notes show the monument to Senefelder which is located in the centre of Solnhofen. It was created in 1845 by Etienne Hippolyte Maindron (1801-1884) from Sabloniere limestone from southern France. Its original location was a Parisian salon. It was inaugurated in Solnhofen on October 9, 1904.In 1965, it was moved and a new base made of Jura marble was placed underneath, so that the total height is 3.5 m.                     



Incidentally, the best lithographic stone came from Solnhofen.

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The image below dates from 1874. It shows lithographic printing and is printed by Prang and Mayer from Boston who specialized in architectural and educational prints as well as greeting cards.

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1898 advertising stamp from Germany

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Postcard from the 1906 International Printing, Stationery & Allied Trades Exhibition, Agricultural Hall